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/lɪst/ n [C] (RECORD)

Definition

a record of short pieces of information usually arranged one below the other so that they can be read easily or counted: I have a long list of things we need to get for our new house.
(Definition of list n (RECORD) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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