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 Dictionary entry overview: What does list mean? 

• LIST (noun)
  The noun LIST has 2 senses:

1. a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

2. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

  Familiarity information: LIST used as a noun is rare.

• LIST (verb)
  The verb LIST has 5 senses:

1. give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

2. include in a list

3. cause to lean to the side

4. tilt to one side

5. enumerate

  Familiarity information: LIST used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

list; listing

Hypernyms ("list" is a kind of...):

database (an organized body of related information)

Meronyms (parts of "list"):

item; point (a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "list"):

posting ((bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records)

hit parade (a ranked list of the songs that are most popular at a given time)

index (an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed)

key (a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations)

key (a list of answers to a test)

inventory; stock list (a detailed list of all the items in stock)

mailing list (a list of names and addresses to which advertising material is mailed)

flag; masthead (a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.)

computer menu; menu ((computer science) a list of options available to a computer user)

necrology (a list of people who died recently)

play list; playlist (a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio)

portfolio (a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution)

A-list (a list of names of specially favored people)

price list (a listing of prices for different goods or services)

push-down list; push-down stack; stack (a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO))

queue ((information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted)

roll; roster (a list of names)

schedule (an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur)

shopping list (a list of items to be purchased)

short list; shortlist (a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen)

sick list (a list of those who are ill (e.g. on a warship or in a regiment etc))

slate; ticket (a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices)

standing (an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event)

wish list (a list of events that you wish would occur)

grocery list; shopping list (a list of heterogenous items that someone wants)

agenda; agendum; order of business (a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting))

bibliography (a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.))

bill (a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare))

black book; blacklist; shitlist (a list of people who are out of favor)

calendar (a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc))

calorie chart (a list of foods and information about their caloric content)

canon (a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church)

catalog; catalogue (a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically)

character set (an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing)

chart ((usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music)

checklist (a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted)

codex (an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.)

hit list (a list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder))

free list (a list of commodities that are not subject to tariffs)

FAQ (a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers)

enumeration; numbering (a numbered list)

distribution list (list of names to whom a communication should be sent)

directory ((computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk))

criminal record; record (a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted)

credits (a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film))

corrigenda (a list of printing errors in a book along with their corrections)

contents; table of contents (a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start)

class list; honours list (a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations)

Derivation:

list (give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of)

list (enumerate)

list (include in a list)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inclination; lean; leaning; list; tilt

Context example:

he walked with a heavy inclination to the right

Hypernyms ("list" is a kind of...):

position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)

Derivation:

list (tilt to one side)

• LIST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they list    ... he / she / it lists   
Past simple: listed   
Past participle: listed   
-ing form: listing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

list; name

Context example:

List the states west of the Mississippi

Hypernyms (to "list" is one way to...):

enumerate; itemise; itemize; recite (specify individually)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

list (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

lister (assessor who makes out the tax lists)

listing (the act of making a list of items)

listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Include in a list

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

Am I listed in your register?

Hypernyms (to "list" is one way to...):

register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "list"):

inventory; stock-take; take stock (make or include in an itemized record or report)

empanel; impanel (enter into a list of prospective jurors)

index (list in an index)

blacklist (put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted)

post (enter on a public list)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

list (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

lister (assessor who makes out the tax lists)

listing (the act of making a list of items)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to lean to the side

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

lean; list

Context example:

Erosion listed the old tree

Hypernyms (to "list" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Verb group:

heel; list (tilt to one side)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Tilt to one side

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

heel; list

Context example:

The ship listed to starboard

Hypernyms (to "list" is one way to...):

angle; lean; slant; tilt; tip (to incline or bend from a vertical position)

Verb group:

lean; list (cause to lean to the side)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

list (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Enumerate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

list; number

Context example:

We must number the names of the great mathematicians

Hypernyms (to "list" is one way to...):

identify; name (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "list"):

itemise; itemize (place on a list of items)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

list (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

listing (the act of making a list of items)

listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

 Context examples 

In a test with 502 new images, DeepGestalt successfully placed the correct syndrome in its top 10 list 91% of the time.

(Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Diagnose Rare Disorders with Just A Picture, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Meanwhile, please send by messenger, to await return at Baker Street, a complete list of all foreign spies or international agents known to be in England, with full address.—Sherlock.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A new study now adds kidney disease to the list, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System.

(Breathing Dirty Air May Harm Kidneys, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The POP levels in each woman’s blood were listed as percentiles, with the highest levels set at 100 and the lowest at 1.

(Persistent organic pollutants in maternal blood linked to smaller fetal size, National Institutes of Health)

"Secular variation has been on the wish list of planetary scientists for decades," said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.

(NASA's Juno Finds Changes in Jupiter's Magnetic Field, NASA)

These are often listed on ingredient lists as ADBAC and DDAC, respectively, and are valued for their antimicrobial and antistatic properties, as well as their ability to lower surface tension.

(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He also gave me the list of books which I had requested, and I took my leave.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Mastcam operators programmed the complex task list, which included pointing the rover's mast and making sure the images were in focus.

(Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps Its Highest-Resolution Panorama Yet, NASA)

Your list of the common extent of accomplishments, said Darcy, has too much truth.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The discovery adds to the growing list of bodies in the solar system where organics have been found.

(Dawn Discovers Evidence for Organic Material on Ceres, NASA)