word | list |
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definition | noun A list of things such as names or addresses is a set of them which all belong to a particular category, written down one below the other. Make a list of the top 10 tasks that you can delegate. There were six names on the list. ...fine wine from the hotel's exhaustive wine list. A list of things is a set of them that you think of as being in a particular order. High on the list of public demands is to end military control of broadcasting. I would have thought if they were looking for redundancies I would be last on the list. The company joined a long list of failed banks. verb To list several things such as reasons or names means to write or say them one after another, usually in a particular order. The pupils were asked to list the sports they loved most and hated most. Manufacturers must list ingredients in order of the amount used. To list something in a particular way means to include it in that way in a list or report . A medical examiner has listed the deaths as homicides. He was not listed under his real name on the residents panel. If a company is listed, or if it lists, on a stock exchange, it obtains an official quotation for its shares so that people can buy and sell them. It will list on the London Stock Exchange next week with a value of 130 million pounds. In sailing, if something, especially a ship, lists, it leans over to one side. The ship listed again, and she was thrown back across the bunk. The ship's list was so strong now that almost at once she stumbled. |
inflections | listslistinglisted |
cefr-level | A1 |
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