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# catalogue

noun (a catalogue, catalogues); verb (catalogue, catalogues, catalogued, cataloguing); US spelling also catalog

«catalogue» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A catalogue is a list of things, often with pictures and details, such as goods in a shop or books in a library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#m1)
2. A catalogue is a booklet or website showing things you can buy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#m2)
3. To catalogue things means to make a careful, ordered list of them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a catalogue shows toys, clothes or furniture with prices; at school and in libraries a catalogue helps you find a book by title, author or subject. In science, people catalogue stars, plants or animals so they can be studied. In stories a «catalogue of disasters» means a long run of bad things. Phrases: «library catalogue», «toy catalogue», «look through the catalogue», «order from a catalogue».

### Examples

- We looked through the toy catalogue and circled what we wanted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#x1)
- Search the library catalogue to find books about sharks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#x2)
- Mum ordered new curtains from a catalogue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#x3)
- The museum has a catalogue of all its fossils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#x4)
- Scientists catalogue every new kind of beetle they find. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#x5)
- Our class catalogued the shells we collected on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#x6)
- The catalogue says the bike costs 120 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#x7)
- It was a catalogue of mistakes from start to finish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#x8)
- All were checked against a later edition of the book that had been retypeset, and references to other works were additionally checked against online library catalogues. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/#x9)

### Note

Countable noun: a catalogue, two catalogues. British, Australian and NZ spelling «catalogue»; American often «catalog». Verb forms: catalogued, cataloguing (UK); cataloged, cataloging (US). Stress on the first syllable: CAT-a-logue. A price in a catalogue can change, so check before you buy.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «catalogue» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catalogue/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«catalogue» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/catalogue.html) on Mova free.