SHORT LIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does short list mean? 

• SHORT LIST (noun)
  The noun SHORT LIST has 1 sense:

1. a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen

  Familiarity information: SHORT LIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHORT LIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

short list; shortlist

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

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

 Context examples 

It looks like you made the short list of the very best candidates.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But the fact that the special neuron doesn't exist in rodents is intriguing, adding these cells to a very short list of specialized neurons that may exist only in humans or only in primate brains.

(Mysterious New Type of Human Brain Cell Discovered, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

SI has a short list of base units defined in an absolute way without referring to any other units: the metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.

(International System of Units, NCI Thesaurus)

At that time, Mars, the energy planet, will enter your tenth house of prestigious career achievement, a powerful, positive aspect for getting your name on the short list of stars-in-the-making.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)