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list

noun [C] (RECORD)
 
 
/lɪst/

Definition

A2 a record of short pieces of information, such as people's names, usually written or printed with a single thing on each line and often ordered in a way that makes a particular thing easy to find: a shopping list Is your name on the list? I've made a list of places I'd like to visit while we're in Paris.Lists and cataloguesSchedules and agendas
(Definition of list noun (RECORD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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