a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) synonyms: listing
“Am I listed in your register?” give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
“List the states west of the Mississippi” synonyms: namesynonyms: number the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
“the ship developed a list to starboard” synonyms: inclination, lean, leaning, tiltcause to lean to the side
“Erosion listed the old tree” synonyms: lean heeltilt to one side
“The ship listed to starboard” synonyms: heel leancause to lean to the side
Ask the Editor Question Is it correct to say "on the list" or "in the list"? Answer
Is it correct to say "on the list" or "in the list"? -V. Chan, Hong Kong AnswerThank you for this interesting question. In almost all contexts, it is customary and correct to say on the list (or on my list, on their list, etc.). Here are some representative example sentences: Examples with on
However, as you have probably noticed, sometimes in the list is used as well. Most often, in the list is used after some form of the word include, as in the examples shown below. Examples with in
This is because include has a strong tendency to be used with the preposition in, as in the expressions, "You are included in our thoughts and prayers," and "It's included in the price." Except after include, I recommend that you use on the list. I hope this helps to answer your question. You can read more articles in the archive. This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. / lɪst / a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record: a list of members. Computers. a series of records in a file. a complete record of stocks handled by a stock exchange. all of the books of a publisher that are available for sale. Digital Technology. listserv: Please unsubscribe me from the list. to set down together in a list; make a list of: to list the membership of a club. to enter in a list, directory, catalog, etc.: to list him among the members. to place on a list of persons to be watched, excluded, restricted, etc. Computers. to print or display in a list: Let's list the whole program and see where the bug is. to register (a security) on a stock exchange so that it may be traded there. verb (used without object) to be offered for sale, as in a catalog, at a specified price: This radio lists at $49.95. QUIZ YOURSELF ON HAS VS. HAVE! Do you have the grammar chops to know when to use “have” or “has”? Let’s find out with this quiz! My grandmother ________ a wall full of antique cuckoo clocks. TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT Meet Grammar Coach  Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing 1 First recorded in 1595–1605; special use of list2 (in the sense “roll of names,” perhaps originally of contestants in the lists); compare French liste, from Italian lista “roll of names,” earlier, “band, strip (e.g., of paper), border,” from Old High German līsta (German Leiste ) 1. List, catalog, inventory, roll, schedule imply a definite arrangement of items. List denotes a series of names, items, or figures arranged in a row or rows: a list of groceries. Catalog adds the idea of alphabetical or other orderly arrangement, and, often, descriptive particulars and details: a library catalog. An inventory is a detailed descriptive list of property, stock, goods, or the like made for legal or business purposes: a store inventory. A roll is a list of names of members of some defined group often used to ascertain their presence or absence: a class roll. A schedule is a methodical (especially official) list, often indicating the time or sequence of certain events: a train schedule. lissive, lissom, lissome, lissotrichous, lissotricic, list, listed, listed building, listed company, listed security, listee / lɪst / a border or bordering strip, usually of cloth. a strip of cloth or other material. a strip or band of any kind. a division of the hair or beard. one of the ridges or furrows of earth made by a lister. a strip of material, as bark or sapwood, to be trimmed from a board. made of selvages or strips of cloth. to produce furrows and ridges on (land) with a lister. to prepare (ground) for planting by making ridges and furrows. to cut away a narrow strip of wood from the edge of (a stave, plank, etc.). Obsolete. to apply a border or edge to. 2 First recorded before 900; Middle English list(e), Old English līste “border”; cognate with Dutch lijst, German Leiste (Old High German līsta ) / lɪst / a careening, or leaning to one side, as of a ship. verb (used without object) (of a ship or boat) to incline to one side; careen: The ship listed to starboard. to cause (a vessel) to incline to one side: The shifting of the cargo listed the ship to starboard. See synonyms for list on Thesaurus.com 3 First recorded in 1620–30; origin uncertain / lɪst / verb (used without object) 4 First recorded before 900; Middle English listen, lusten, Old English (ge)lystan “to please”; cognate with German gelüsten, Old Norse lysta “to desire,” akin to Gothic lustōn “to desire,” Latin lascīvus “playful, frivolous, extravagant, wanton,” Greek lilaíesthai “to desire, long for,” Irish lainn “avid, greedy,” Czech láska “love, affection”; see lust / lɪst / verb (used without object) 5 First recorded before 900; Middle English listen, Old English hlystan “to listen, listen to, hear,” derivative of hlyst “ear”; cognate with Swedish lysta; akin to Old Norse hlusta “to listen,” Old Church Slavonic slyšati, Lithuanian klausýti, Tocharian B klyauṣ-, all meaning “to hear”; see also listen / lɪst / Frie·drich [free-drik], /ˈfri drɪk/, 1789–1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022 account, agenda, archive, ballot, bill, calendar, catalog, checklist, dictionary, directory, draft, file, index, inventory, lineup, listing, menu, poll, program, schedule
an item-by-item record of names or things, usually written or printed one under the other computing a linearly ordered data structure be on the danger list to be in a critical medical or physical condition (tr) to include in a list (tr) British to declare to be a listed building (tr) stock exchange to obtain an official quotation for (a security) so that it may be traded on the recognized market an archaic word for enlist C17: from French, ultimately related to list ²; compare Italian lista list of names (earlier: border, strip, as of paper), Old High German līsta border (esp of ships) to lean over or cause to lean over to one side the act or an instance of leaning to one side a border or edging strip, esp of cloth a less common word for selvage a strip of bark, sapwood, etc, trimmed from a board or plank another word for fillet (def. 8) a strip, band, ridge or furrow agriculture a ridge in ploughed land formed by throwing two furrows together to border with or as if with a list or lists agriculture to plough (land) so as to form lists to cut a list from (a board, plank, etc) Old English līst; related to Old High German līsta to be pleasing to (a person) Old English lystan; related to Old High German lusten and Gothic lūston to desire an archaic or poetic word for listen Old English hlystan; related to Old Norse hlusta Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 see black list; enter the lists; sucker list. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. WORD OF THE DAY ferrulenoun | [fer-uhl, -ool ]SEE DEFINITIONFEEDBACK© 2022 Dictionary.com, LLC |
