variants
or catalogue
cataloged or catalogued; cataloging or cataloguing
1
: to make a catalog of
catalog a collection of books
2
a
: to enter in a catalog
b
: to classify (something, such as books or information) descriptively
Scientific monographs are cataloged into a database that will be available to researchers.
1
: to make or work on a catalog
2
: to become listed in a catalog at a specified price
this stamp catalogs at $2
cataloger
noun
or cataloguer
Synonyms
Examples of catalog in a Sentence
Noun
The band played many songs from their catalog of hits.
a catalog of music album titles
Verb
They use the computer to catalog books.
The chart catalogs the results of each test.
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Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
The company has amassed a large music catalog, and has deals with platforms like Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music and Amazon.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
John Werner, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The doc catalogs iconic crews through the ages, from the groundbreaking influence of the Beatles, the Nineties, and early 2000s groups like One Direction and the ones mentioned above to the global rise of K-pop crews like Seventeen.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Meanwhile, Prince Oat Holdings was owned by the music publishing company Primary Wave Music, which acquired the rights to Prince’s extensive song catalog when three heirs (Tyka Nelson, Omarr Baker and Alfred Jackson) sold their shares to it in August 2021.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
The company has amassed a large music catalog, and has deals with platforms like Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music and Amazon.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
The third one involves cataloging these important AI cases that the government deems ‘high impact’ – a documentation approach, basically.
—John Werner, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The doc catalogs iconic crews through the ages, from the groundbreaking influence of the Beatles, the Nineties, and early 2000s groups like One Direction and the ones mentioned above to the global rise of K-pop crews like Seventeen.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Catalog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catalog. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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catalog
1 of 2 noun
cat·a·log
variants
or catalogue
ˈkat-ᵊl-ˌȯg 
-ˌäg
1
: a list of names, titles, or articles arranged according to a system
2
: a book or file containing a catalog
catalog
2 of 2 verb
variants
or catalogue
cataloged or catalogued; cataloging or cataloguing
1
: to make a catalog of
2
: to enter in a catalog
catalog books
cataloger
noun
or cataloguer
-ˈȯ-gər,
-ˈä-gər
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