A List Definition

ālist
noun
A list or group of the most admired or desirable people, as for a job or social gathering.
A private party for Hollywood's A list.
American Heritage
A list of important or prominent persons, as of those regarded as highly desirable guests at upper-class social or cultural events.
Webster's New World

(computing) Association list in LISP.

Wiktionary

(chiefly US) An informal list of people in any of several categories (but especially in the entertainment industry) who are most admired, desirable or bankable.

Wiktionary

Alternative spelling of A-list.

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adjective
(chiefly US) Best of the group; top.
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Origin of A List

  • Abbreviation of association list.

    From Wiktionary

A List Sentence Examples

  • Betsy printed out Martha's Email and a list of FBI offices around the country.

  • Tunstall's Ornithologia Britannica, which appeared in 1771, is little more than a list of names.'

  • He sent a list to Tomasini, who published it in his Petrarca Redivivus (Patavii, 1635).

  • His learned wanderings ended (1486) at Rome, where he set forth for public disputation a list of nine hundred questions and conclusions in all branches of philosophy and theology.

  • Thirteen years later, in 1617, after numerous border fights with the Chinese, Nurhachu drew up a list of ` c seven hates," or indictments, against his southern neighbours, and, not getting the satisfaction he demanded, declared war against them.

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