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