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Grammar : Noun, verb
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Phonetic Transcription : lɪst

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Définition of list

Origin :
  • "catalogue consisting of names in a row or series," c.1600, from Middle English liste "border, edging, stripe" (late 13c.), from Old French liste "border, band, row, group," also "strip of paper," or from Old Italian lista "border, strip of paper, list," both from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German lista "strip, border, list," Old Norse lista "border, selvage," Old English liste "border"), from Proto-Germanic *liston, from PIE *leizd- "border, band." The sense of "enumeration" is from strips of paper used as a sort of catalogue.
  • noun record, tabulation
  • verb keep a record; tabulate
  • verb lean, slant
Example sentences :
  • The trouble is that we've just had to cut that fine old New York family off our list.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • There was the name of Sturt that came first in the list of our old explorers.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • For the purists: A list of changes and corrections to the text.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • His name, once the most familiar, was forgotten in the list of American bards.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Dear Mr. Ried,—I know the names of all the boys, and inclose you a list.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Two weeks before, teachers had been appointed to prepare a list of committees.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • He tore out the list and put it in his pocket; then he sat for a time, thinking.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • You make out a list of what dope you want—and be sure yuh get a-plenty.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Come to think it over it is small wonder that the list of fatalities is so large.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • It boasted of several contributors and a list of regular subscribers.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

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