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Definitions: Catalog |
CatalogNoun1. A book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he found it in the Sears catalog". 2. A complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalogue of his achievements". Verb1. Make a catalogue, compile a catalogue of something. 2. Make a catalog of. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "catalog" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Archeological | A listing of objects or groups of associated records with descriptive details, including provenience information, that is arranged systematically. (references) |
Computing | An on-line, organised table of information (e. g. , standards, parts, and tooling). Source: European Union. (references) |
| The collection of all data set indexes that are used by the control program to locate a volume containing a specific data set. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CAPR | English | Catalog of programs | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: CatalogSynonym: catalogue (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
List | Verb: list, itemize; sort, collate; enumerate, tabulate, catalog, tally. |
Noun: list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register; (record). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I'm going to sit at home and ogle the ladies in the Victoria's Secret catalog. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Sears catalog. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Put the catalog downyou have everything in it. (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) | |
Lyrics | From a mail order catalog, money made by sellin' hogs ("Coal Miner's Daughter"; performing artist: Loretta Lynn) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Citing "teamwork and dedication in the development of the world's largest star catalog to be ...Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Taenia falcata. A fish illustration from an early marine fish catalog. In: "Specula physico-mathematico-historica ...." by Johann Zahn.1696 Library Call Number Q155 .Z33 1696.Credit: Treasures of the Library. | |
![]() | Milvus alatus. A fish illustration from an early marine fish catalog. In: "Specula physico-mathematico-historica ...." by Johann Zahn.1696 Library Call Number Q155 .Z33 1696.Credit: Treasures of the Library. | ![]() | Squilla lata. A fish illustration from an early marine fish catalog. In: "Specula physico-mathematico-historica ...." by Johann Zahn.1696 Library Call Number Q155 .Z33 1696.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
![]() | Guacucuia and Tiburunis. Fish illustration from early marine fish catalog. In: "Specula physico-mathematico-historica ...." by Johann Zahn.1696 Library Call Number Q155 .Z33 1696.Credit: Treasures of the Library. | ![]() | Catalog of Oceanographic Equipment Contained in the Collection of the Museum of Oceanography of Monaco. 1. "Photometers 2. Current Measuring Devices" by Christian Carpine. Bulletin de l'Institute Oceanographique , Vol. 73, No. 1437. 1987.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Figure 19. Apstein's mud sampler - an instrument described in the catalog of the German Section of the International Oceanographic and Marine Fisheries Exposition of 1906 as a sediment sampler although it appears to be more likely that it was meant to be a water sampler used in the study of plankton by Dr. Carl Apstein.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Caption: Catalog Page of Cylinder Phonographs; Unknown Date; {29.110/57} (jpg). |
![]() | Istituto superiore di sanita, Italy : [Library: Card catalog and display cases].Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | [Sorting serials in the Catalog Division].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Someone may even come to your home to help you. You also can buy a wig or hair piece through a catalog or by phone. (references) | |
This slow and complex process allowed researchers to create a detailed catalog of all 46 chromosomes for each autistic person, to find any missing blocks of these chromosomes. (references) | ||
Business | An updated catalog is published every year in four languages, Polish, English, French and German. (references) | |
Shoppers worldwide can go into the pres.net site and select from more than 100 products from Tangs' catalog. (references) | ||
Foreign firms interested in entering the Chilean market should take advantage of catalog shows, trade missions. (references) | ||
Economic History | Uruguay | The Embassy hosts industry-specific catalog exhibitions. (references) |
Colombia | Internet and catalog sales in Colombia are in their initial stages. (references) | |
India | USDOC and the U.S. Commercial Service in India organize catalog exhibitions. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | The department finalized and began limited implementation of a reform program for jails in 2000, and during the year, it increased its capacity to collect and catalog reports of human rights abuses. (references) |
Political Economy | EGYPT | An Arabic language catalog must accompany imported tools, machines and equipment. (references) |
Trade | Greece | In order for a seed variety to be imported into Greece it should be listed in the European Variety Catalog. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Catalog" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.92% of the time. "Catalog" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 76.92% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 23.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Specialty Catalog Corp. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "catalog": card catalog ♦ catalog buying ♦ command catalog ♦ course catalog ♦ online Public Access Catalog ♦ parts catalog ♦ seed catalog ♦ system catalog ♦ to catalog. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
catalog | 5,625 | womens clothing catalog | 401 |
free catalog | 3,827 | ltd catalog | 396 |
garden catalog | 984 | gift catalog | 394 |
mail order catalog | 971 | lane bryant catalog | 383 |
clothing catalog | 912 | solution catalog | 367 |
jc penney catalog | 899 | lerner catalog | 354 |
swimsuit catalog | 829 | gardening catalog | 323 |
seed catalog | 677 | care catalog day | 323 |
sears catalog | 655 | shoes catalog | 303 |
abc catalog | 625 | furniture catalog | 298 |
catalog shopping | 618 | spiegel catalog | 295 |
online catalog | 616 | fashion catalog | 293 |
newport news catalog | 543 | disney catalog | 251 |
sundance catalog | 517 | lingerie catalog | 251 |
wholesale catalog | 512 | flower catalog | 244 |
marlboro mile catalog | 504 | catalog city | 242 |
current catalog | 477 | free wedding catalog | 235 |
marlboro catalog | 439 | wedding catalog | 220 |
victoria secret catalog | 431 | ikea catalog | 217 |
chef catalog | 414 | free mail order catalog | 201 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "catalog"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | katalogus (catalogue, directory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 编目 (Catalogue, Catalogued, Cataloguing), 目錄 (contents, directory, list, table of contents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | katalog (catalogue, directory, directory information base). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | catalogus (catalogue, directory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | katalogi (catalogue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فهرست کردن (Catalogue, List, Tabulate), فهرست (Catalogue, Concordance, Legend, Phraseology, Registry, Repertory, Roll, Roster, Schedule, Table), کتاب فهرست (Catalogue), کاتالوگ (Catalogue, Repertory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | luettelo (catalogue, directory, list). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | catalogue (catalogue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Katalog (catalogue, directory, newsletter), Verzeichnis (catalogue, dictionary, directory, directory system, file, index, inventory, list, memorandum, prospectus, record, register, schedule, table, tablet, tabulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατάλογος (catalogue, directory, directory system, form, questionnaire, schedule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | katalógus (catalogue, register, roll call), jegyzék (book, calendar, catalogue, docket, list, manifest, note, register, schedule, table). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | catalogo (catalogue, directory, index, list, syllabus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 目録 (catalogue, list), 商"目録 (inventory), "書き (inventory, menu), カタマラン船 (catalog shopping, catalogue, catamaran ship, catarrh, catharsis), 一覧 (a glance, a look, a summary, at a glance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しながき (inventory, menu), しょうひ"もくろく (inventory), いちら" (a glance, a look, a summary, at a glance), カタログ (catalogue), もくろく (catalogue, list). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 카탈로그 (Catalogue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atalogcay catálogo (Canon, catalogue, list, schedule, table). (various references) каталогизировать каталог. (various references) unositi u katalog (catalogue), spisak (catalogue, checklist, list, listing, register, syllabus), pregled predavanja (catalogue), katalog (catalogue). (various references) catálogo (catalogue, directory, library, list), catalogar (catalogue, categorize, list, schedule, to catalog). (various references) katalog (catalogue, catalouge, directory, guide, guidebook, index). (various references) เกี่ยวกับบัญชีรายชื่อ (catalogue), บันทึกในบัญชีรายชื่อ (catalogue), บัญชีรายชื่อ (catalogue, roster), สิ่งที่ใช้บันทึกรายชื่อ เช่น สมุ" ไฟล์ (catalogue). (various references) olaylar dizisi (catalogue, chain of events, consecution, plot, vista), katalog (beadroll, catalogue, directory), kütüphane kitap listesi (catalogue), fihrist (catalogue, index), ardarda olaylar dizisi (catalogue). (various references) llechres (list, table). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "catalog": cataloged, cataloger, catalogers, cataloging, catalogs, catalogue, catalogued, cataloguer, cataloguers, catalogues, cataloguing. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "catalog": miscatalog. (additional references) | |
Words containing "catalog": miscataloged, miscataloging, miscatalogs, uncataloged. (additional references) | |
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"Catalog" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calaloo, Caradog, Catacol, cataglog, catal, catalac, catali, catalloy, cataloge, catalogo, catao, catelog, cathlon, catilog, catlog, catolog, cattaloy, Catullo, citello, Contaloc, ctlog, Katalog, Shatalov. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "catalog" (pronounced ka"tulôg) |
| 4 | -u l ô g | dialog. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-l-o-t" | |
-1 letter: catalo. | |
-2 letters: coala, gloat, octal. | |
-3 letters: acta, alga, alto, calo, clag, clog, clot, coal, coat, cola, colt, gala, gaol, goal, goat, loca, lota, taco, tala, talc, toga, tola. | |
-4 letters: aal, act, aga, ago, ala, alt, cat, cog, col, cot, gal, gat, goa, got, lac, lag, lat, log, lot, oat, oca, tag, tao, tog. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-l-o-t" | |
+1 letter: catalogs. | |
+2 letters: cataloged, cataloger, catalogue, coagulant, coagulate, galactose, octagonal. | |
+3 letters: allocating, catalogers, cataloging, catalogued, cataloguer, catalogues, coagulants, coagulated, coagulates, dogmatical, galactoses, galactosyl, glaciation, miscatalog. | |
+4 letters: antilogical, autoclaving, cataloguers, cataloguing, categorical, coagulating, coagulation, conflagrant, galactoside, galactosyls, glaciations, miscatalogs, octagonally, postglacial, uncataloged. | |
+5 letters: agranulocyte, anthological, astrological, catabolizing, coagulations, congratulate, deglaciation, diagnostical, dogmatically, extralogical, galactorrhea, galactosemia, galactosemic, galactosides, geobotanical, malacologist, miscataloged, outbalancing, pathological, reallocating, scatological, tautological, tragicomical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 74 61 6C 6F 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- - .- .-.. --- --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101111 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a t a l o g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0074 0061 006C 006F 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678667788173 |
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