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Definition of list verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. [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.
  2. [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.
  3. [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.
  4. [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.
    compare delist (2)Topics Businessc2
  5. [intransitive] (of a ship) to lean to one side
    • She began to list dangerously and the order was given to abandon ship.
  6. 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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