Catalog Definition

katəlôg, katəläg

cataloged, cataloging, catalogs, catalogued, catalogues, cataloguing

noun

catalogs

A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.

American Heritage

A complete or extensive list.

Webster's New World

A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display.

A catalog of fall fashions; a seed catalog.

American Heritage

A card catalog.

American Heritage

(US, Canada) Alternative spelling of catalogue.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

verb

To make an itemized list of.

Catalog a record collection.

American Heritage

To list or include in a catalog.

American Heritage

To make a catalog (of)

Webster's New World

To enter (something) in a catalog.

Webster's New World

To classify (a book or publication, for example) according to a categorical system.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Catalog

Noun

Singular:

catalog

Plural:

catalogs

Origin of Catalog

Middle English cathaloge list, register from Old French catalogue from Late Latin catalogus from Greek katalogos from katalegein to list kata- down, off cata– legein to count leg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition