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Definition of shortlist noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shortlist

noun
 
/ˈʃɔːtlɪst/
 
/ˈʃɔːrtlɪst/
[usually singular]
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  1. a small number of candidates for a job, etc., who have been chosen from all the people who applied
    • to draw up a shortlist
    • shortlist for something a shortlist for a literary prize
    • on the shortlist (for something) The film is on the shortlist for Best Picture.
    Extra Examples
    • The interviewers have to draw up a shortlist of five or six people.
    • They will choose from a shortlist of seven candidates.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • final
    • all-women
    verb + shortlist
    • compile
    • draw up
    • make
    preposition
    • on a/​the shortlist
    • shortlist for
    • shortlist of
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