cataloguing
cataloguing is the present participle and gerund of catalogue.
Meaning of catalogue
Verb
catalogue (third-person singular simple present catalogues, present participle cataloguing, simple past and past participle catalogued)
- To put into a catalogue.
- To make a catalogue of.
- The consequences were catalogued by the Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution in 1994, which recommended several measures to constrain the emission of greenhouse gases.2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68
- Synonyms:
- list
- To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
- Synonyms:
- put down
- to value or sort stamps using a catalogue
Noun
cataloguing (countable and uncountable, plural cataloguings)
- The act of arranging in, or as if in, a catalogue.
- […] he has made astonishingly subtle cataloguings of the kinds of interactions and situations which strip the child of his own powers in the most benign and loving ways […]2010, Ernest Becker, Birth and Death of Meaning
Forms of cataloguing
| plural | cataloguings |
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Questions about cataloguing
- What does cataloguing mean?
- Cataloguing means the act of arranging in, or as if in, a catalogue.
- What is cataloguing the present participle and gerund of?
- Cataloguing is the present participle and gerund of catalogue.
- What part of speech is cataloguing?
- Cataloguing is a noun.
- What is the plural of cataloguing?
- The plural of cataloguing is cataloguings.
Words near cataloguing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cataloguing (page history and authors); catalogue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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