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
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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Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The fact that Bieber sold his catalog in 2023 sparked rumors that Bieber — in his years offstage and out of the spotlight — had been having money issues, which his reps denied to THR.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Six weeks into the new administration, Wayback Machine director Graham said, the Internet Archive had cataloged some 73,000 web pages that had existed on U.S. government websites that were expunged after Trump's inauguration.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
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Noun
His catalog includes songs with artists such as MarMar Oso, Beeda Weeda, Keak da Sneak and Mistah F.A.B.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The fact that Bieber sold his catalog in 2023 sparked rumors that Bieber — in his years offstage and out of the spotlight — had been having money issues, which his reps denied to THR.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
That’s where Davis comes in: cataloging more and more types of coffee, searching for new genotypes, looking for resilient species that could be both used for crossbreeding sturdier hybrids and planted directly on farms as high-profit specialty coffees.
—Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Six weeks into the new administration, Wayback Machine director Graham said, the Internet Archive had cataloged some 73,000 web pages that had existed on U.S. government websites that were expunged after Trump's inauguration.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Catalog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catalog. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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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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