(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Note: The spelling 'short list' is used in American English and sometimes in British English for the noun.
1.
If someone is on a ~, for example for a job or a prize, they are one of a small group of people who have been chosen from a larger group. The successful person is then chosen from the small group.
If you’ve been asked for an interview you are probably on a short list of no more than six.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone or something is ~ed for a job or a prize, they are put on a ~. (mainly BRIT)
He was ~ed for the Nobel Prize for literature several times...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed for/as n