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CEFRA1

/lɪst/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A series of names, items, or tasks written one below another.

  2. 02

    verb

    To write names or items in an organized series.

Examples

  • Delete his name from the list of the applicants.

  • We were asked to list our ten favourite songs.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.

  2. Material used for cloth selvage.

  3. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.

More examples

In context

  • Who's gone and messed up my list of names?

  • The steady wind listed the ship.

  • to list a board

Synonyms

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She wrote a detailed shopping blank of items to buy at the store.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English lī̆st, lī̆ste (“band, stripe; hem, selvage; border, edge, rim; list, specification; barriers enclosing area for jousting, etc.”), from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), or Old French liste, listre (“border; band; strip of paper; list”), or Medieval Latin lista, all from Proto-West Germanic *līstā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”). Cognates * Saterland Frisian Lieste (“margin, strip, list”) * Dutch lijst (“picture frame, list”) * German Low German Liest (“edging, border”) * German Leiste (“strip, rail, ledge; (heraldry) bar”) * Swedish lista (“list”) * Icelandic lista listi (“list”) * Italian lista (“list; strip”) * Portuguese lista (“lis...