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Catalog

Definitions: Catalog

Catalog

Noun

1. 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".

Verb

1. 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)

Specialty Definitions: Catalog

DomainDefinitions

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.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Catalog

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField
CAPREnglishCatalog of programsN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Catalog

Synonym: catalogue (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Catalog

ContextSynonyms 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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Crosswords: Catalog

English words defined with "catalog": card catalog, catalog buying, catalogue, course catalog, course cataloguemail outparts catalog, prospectusseed catalog. (references)
Specialty definitions using "catalog": ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN, AUDIOVISUAL LIBRARIANCATALOG INTEROPERABILITY, CATALOG LIBRARIAN, CATALOG SERVICE, CATALOG SYSTEM, classified catalogue, command catalog, COUPON-REDEMPTION CLERK, crudwaredata dictionary, DATA SET CATALOG, descriptive catalog librarian, DIRECTOR, MEDIA MARKETING, DynixEDUCATIONAL RESOURCE COORDINATOR, equipment processer, storageFEDSTRIP, film librarian, Flamsteed numberGeographic Catalog of Legal and Statistical Entities, Global Network Navigator, glost-tile shaderIEEE 488, Information Managementlibrary assistant, LIBRARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, library technicianM100National Space Science Data CenterOnline Computer Library Center, Inc., Online Public Access Catalog, OPAC, ORDER FILLERPRESERVATION INSPECTOR, MARINE EQUIPMENTrecordings librarian, REGISTRAR, MUSEUMsalvage repairer, shade classifier, Simple Network Management Protocol version 2, STAMP CLASSIFIER, system catalog, systematic catalogueTAPE LIBRARIAN, tile classifier, TILE SHADER, to catalogvalve repairer, reclamation. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Catalog" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (catalogue), Romanian (calendar, call over, catalogue, classbook, list, register, roll).

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Modern Usage: Catalog

DomainUsage

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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Commercial Usage: Catalog

DomainTitle

References

  • Catalog Sales in France: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • 2002 Standard Catalog of Firearms: The Collector's Price & Reference Guide (Standard Catalog of Firearms, 2002, 12th Ed) (reference)

  • 2003 Standard Catalog of Football Cards (Standard Catalog of Football Cards, 2003) (reference)

  • TechTV's Catalog of Tomorrow (reference)

  • The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Catalog

Photos:
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Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Catalog

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Catalog

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Catalog

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)76.92%10111,207
Noun (proper)23.08%3202,518
                    Total100.00%13N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Catalog

CountryName
USA

Specialty Catalog Corp.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Catalog

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Catalog

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translations: Catalog

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

   

Portuguese

  

catálogo (Canon, catalogue, list, schedule, table). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

каталогизировать каталог. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

unositi u katalog (catalogue), spisak (catalogue, checklist, list, listing, register, syllabus), pregled predavanja (catalogue), katalog (catalogue). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

catálogo (catalogue, directory, library, list), catalogar (catalogue, categorize, list, schedule, to catalog). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

katalog (catalogue, catalouge, directory, guide, guidebook, index). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เกี่ยวกับบัญชีรายชื่อ (catalogue), บันทึกในบัญชีรายชื่อ (catalogue), บัญชีรายชื่อ (catalogue, roster), สิ่งที่ใช้บันทึกรายชื่อ เช่น สมุ" ไฟล์ (catalogue). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Welsh

  

llechres (list, table). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Catalog

Derivations

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Catalog"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "catalog" (pronounced ka"tulôg)
4-u l ô gdialog.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Catalog

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.

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Alternative Orthography: Catalog


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 74 61 6C 6F 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    -    .-    .-..    ---    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101111 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#116 &#97 &#108 &#111 &#103

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37678667788173

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Company Usage
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Abbreviations
15. Acronyms
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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