26984 words

catalogue

7 definitions • 9 examples
1
a book with a list of all the goods that you can buy from a shop:

Examples:

a mail-order catalogue
2
a list of all the books, paintings, etc. that exist in a place
3
A catalogue of unwanted events is a series of them:

Examples:

The whole holiday was a catalogue of disasters.
a catalogue of errors/crimes/complaints
4
to record something, especially in a list:

Examples:

Many plants become extinct before they have even been catalogued.
5
a book that contains a list of all the products that you can buy from a company, including descriptions and prices for each product:

Examples:

The auction house produces a catalogue full of colour photographs for each sale, available two weeks beforehand.
6
a book that contains pictures and prices of products that customers can order and that the company delivers to their homes:

Examples:

Vertbaudet is a children's clothing catalogue.
"Internet sales haven't replaced catalogue sales but have brought in new customers," he said.
The best advice is to buy charity Christmas cards direct from the catalogue.
7
to make a written record of things in the form of a list in a particular order:

Examples:

They will be hiring an archivist to continue the work of cataloguing the family's possessions.

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