transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪst ]
( lists, listing, listed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A list of things such as names or addresses is a set of them which all belong to a particular category, written down one below the other.
We are making a list of the top ten men we would not want to be married to...
There were six names on the list.
...fine wine from the hotel’s exhaustive wine list.
N-COUNT : oft N of n
see also Civil List , hit list , honours list , laundry list , mailing list , shopping list , waiting list
2.
A list of things is a set of them that you think of as being in a particular order.
High on the list of public demands is to end military control of broadcasting...
I would have thought if they were looking for redundancies I would be last on the list...
‘First City’ joined a long list of failed banks.
N-COUNT : oft N of n
3.
To list several things such as reasons or names means to write or say them one after another, usually in a particular order.
Manufacturers must list ingredients in order of the amount used.
VERB : V n
4.
To list something in a particular way means to include it in that way in a list or report.
A medical examiner has listed the deaths as homicides...
He was not listed under his real name on the residents panel.
VERB : V n prep , V-ed
5.
If a company is listed , or if it lists , on a stock exchange, it obtains an official quotation for its shares so that people can buy and sell them. ( BUSINESS )
It will list on the London Stock Exchange next week with a value of 130 million pounds.
VERB : V , also V n
6.
see also listed , listing