lister

CEFRB1

/lˈɪstər/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person or thing that makes or uses a list.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.

Examples

  • The lister engine was used in early vehicles.

  • The machine lister printed the names of the participants.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.

  2. A birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.

  3. A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.

More examples

In context

  • Joseph Lister was a famous surgeon.

  • A good program lister is helpful here, since many language processors allow multi-statement lines. For BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and similar languages, the lister can split multi-statement lines, ensure there are blanks between keywords […]

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Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The software utility, a file blank, displayed the names of every document in the folder.

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

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Origin

noun

From list + -er.