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

catalogue

verb
 
/ˈkætəlɒɡ/
 
/ˈkætəlɔːɡ/
(North American English also catalog)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they catalogue
 
/ˈkætəlɒɡ/
 
/ˈkætəlɔːɡ/
he / she / it catalogues
 
/ˈkætəlɒɡz/
 
/ˈkætəlɔːɡz/
past simple catalogued
 
/ˈkætəlɒɡd/
 
/ˈkætəlɔːɡd/
past participle catalogued
 
/ˈkætəlɒɡd/
 
/ˈkætəlɔːɡd/
-ing form cataloguing
 
/ˈkætəlɒɡɪŋ/
 
/ˈkætəlɔːɡɪŋ/
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  1. catalogue something to arrange a list of things in order in a catalogue; to record something in a catalogue
    • It took six years to catalogue all the paintings.
    • All books are catalogued on our database.
    Extra Examples
    • 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.
  2. catalogue something to give a list of things connected with a particular person, event, etc.
    • Interviews with the refugees catalogue a history of discrimination and violence.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein ‘pick out or enrol’.

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