list
verb/lɪst/
/lɪst/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they list | /lɪst/ /lɪst/ |
| he / she / it lists | /lɪsts/ /lɪsts/ |
| past simple listed | /ˈlɪstɪd/ /ˈlɪstɪd/ |
| past participle listed | /ˈlɪstɪd/ /ˈlɪstɪd/ |
| -ing form listing | /ˈlɪstɪŋ/ /ˈlɪstɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] list something to write a list of things in a particular order
- We were asked to list our ten favourite songs.
- The key items are listed below.
- Towns in the guide are listed alphabetically.
Extra Examples- He had listed all the hotels in the area for us.
- The book lists every ship still in service.
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- [transitive, often passive] to mention or include somebody/something in a list
- be listed in something Key benefits are listed in Table 1.
- be listed among somebody/something The koala is listed among Australia's endangered animals.
- be listed as something soldiers listed as missing
- be listed under something Articles may be listed under more than one heading.
- [intransitive, transitive] list (at something) | list something (especially North American English) to be put or put something in a list of things for sale
- This laptop lists at $500.
- [transitive, often passive] (business) to make shares in a company available for trading on a stock exchange
- be listed (on something) The company will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- The new shares will be listed on the local main stock market on 19 November.
- [intransitive] (of a ship) to lean to one side
- She began to list dangerously and the order was given to abandon ship.
Word Originverb senses 1 to 3 Middle English (originally referring to the edge put on fabric to stop it unravelling): from Old English liste ‘border’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijst and German Leiste. The current senses are late 16th cent., from French liste, of Germanic origin. verb sense 4 early 17th cent.: of unknown origin.
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