cata·logue [cataloguecataloguescataloguedcataloguing] (NAmE also cata·log)noun, verb BrE [ˈkætəlɒɡ] NAmE [ˈkætəlɔːɡ] NAmE [ˈkætəlɑːɡ] noun 1. a complete list of items, for example of things that people can look at or buy •a mail-order catalogue (= a book showing goods for sale to be sent to people's homes) •to consult the library catalogue •An illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition. •an online catalogue 2. a long series of things that happen (usually bad things) •a catalogue of disasters/errors/misfortunes
Word Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein ‘pick out or enrol’.
Example Bank: •More details are given in our catalogue. •Send off for our illustrated catalogue of garden plants. •The gallery produced a catalogue of young artists. •Child protection officers uncovered a catalogue of cruelty and abuse. •Please take a look at our online catalogue. •She consulted the museum catalogue. •The commission reported a catalogue of errors that went right to the top of government. •What followed was a whole catalogue of disasters. •What we have here is a catalogue of failure. •a mail-order catalogue
verb 1.~ sth to arrange a list of things in order in a ↑catalogue; to record sth in a ↑catalogue 2.~ sth to give a list of things connected with a particular person, event, etc •Interviews with the refugees catalogue a history of discrimination and violence. Verb forms:
Word Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein ‘pick out or enrol’.
Example Bank: •It took six years to catalogue all the paintings. •New books are catalogued on an electronic database. •She painstakingly catalogued all the photographs in the museum. •The collection had never been properly catalogued. •The statue was catalogued as dating from the 13th century.
