catalogue

Meanings

Noun

• A systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
• A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.
• A list of all the publications in a library.
• A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
• A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
• A directory listing.
• A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.

Verb

• To put into a catalogue.
• To make a catalogue of.
• To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
• to value or sort stamps using a catalogue

Origin

• From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος, from καταλέγω, from κατα- + λέγω.