catalog

1 of 2

noun

cat·​a·​log ˈka-tə-ˌlȯg How to pronounce catalog (audio)
-ˌläg
variants or catalogue
1
: list, register
a catalog of the band's songs
2
a
: a complete enumeration of items arranged systematically with descriptive details
a catalog of the company's products
b
: a pamphlet or book that contains such a list
a mail-order catalog
a university catalog
c
: material in such a list

catalog

2 of 2

verb

variants or catalogue
cataloged or catalogued; cataloging or cataloguing

transitive verb

1
: to make a catalog of
catalog a collection of books
2
a
: to enter in a catalog
b
: to classify (something, such as books or information) descriptively
Scientific monographs are cataloged into a database that will be available to researchers.

intransitive verb

1
: to make or work on a catalog
2
: to become listed in a catalog at a specified price
this stamp catalogs at $2
cataloger noun
or cataloguer

Examples of catalog in a Sentence

Noun The band played many songs from their catalog of hits. a catalog of music album titles Verb They use the computer to catalog books. The chart catalogs the results of each test.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
As vp and hoi, Moore will lend an analytic hand around label and publishing signings and catalog acquisitions. Marc Schneider, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024 Siebel acknowledged the catalog of concerns that companies now have with generative AI—random responses, lack of traceability, no data controls, increased cyber risk, IP exposure, hallucinations. Alan Murray, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024 In a slew of papers posted online on February 14 that will appear in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, the scientists used their initial catalog of clusters to weigh in on several of cosmology’s big questions. Liz Kruesi, Quanta Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024 Patrons can see what items are available to use on the district’s website or at a catalog station located in the library’s lobby. Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024 Fashion’s Relationship With Crypto - Quiet Luxury To ‘Quiet Technology' In 2021, the fashion industry welcomed non-fungible tokens (NFTs – canonical product of the blockchain industry) as a flashy luxury good – a digital complement to round out physical catalogs. Jackie Berardo, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 Cyndi Lauper has sold majority of the rights to her music catalog. Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024 Adidas Women’s Ultraboost 22 Sneakers $190 $62 Out of all of the shoes in Adidas’ large catalog, its Ultraboost line is among the most iconic in terms of performance sneakers. Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2024 Between Pink’s powerhouse catalog, piercing voice and eye-popping acrobatics, all of those shows made the Journal Sentinel’s lists for best concerts of the year. Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
Verb
Many came from scientists who had built large images catalogs over the years. Lauren Sommer, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024 What is the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative? The Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative is meant to create a non-regulatory, holistic program for the river — which touches 10 states — that would catalog its problems and figure out solutions. Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024 That’s been true since the first American menus of the 1840s, which cataloged the opulent dishes at hotels catering to the ultrawealthy. Priya Krishna, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024 While at Venable, Thompson took a course on blockchain technology, which later inspired her to spearhead a program announced last year to use blockchain to catalog Baltimore’s vacant properties. Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2024 These new bots swarm websites not to catalog content but to feed that content to AI, a technology that threatens to replace search as the default means of online discovery (and does so by digesting and regurgitating the content in a monstrous, unciteable form). Longreads, 16 Feb. 2024 Despite the many hazards — fire, crime and more — that come with such widespread neglect, officials from the property agency and the mayor’s office have failed for years to even catalog the city’s dilapidated buildings, the first step in averting future disaster. John Eligon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023 In 2019, author Edward Niedermeyer cataloged the troubles the company ran into with air pollution from its paint shop in Fremont, California, some of which occurred when the automaker took to painting its cars in a temporary tent-like marquee. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024 The suit cataloged children’s lack of access to digital tools as well as to badly needed academic and social-emotional supports. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English cathaloge, cateloge, from Middle French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein to list, enumerate, from kata- + legein to gather, speak — more at legend

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of catalog was in the 15th century

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Cite this Entry

“Catalog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catalog. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

catalog

1 of 2 noun
cat·​a·​log
variants or catalogue
1
: a list of names, titles, or articles arranged according to a system
2
: a book or file containing a catalog

catalog

2 of 2 verb
variants or catalogue
cataloged or catalogued; cataloging or cataloguing
1
: to make a catalog of
2
: to enter in a catalog
catalog books
cataloger noun
or cataloguer
-ˈȯ-gər,
-ˈä-gər

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