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hotlist

hotlist noun: a list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).

Noun

hotlist (plural hotlists)

  1. (idiomatic) A list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).
    • There were 22 schools on the hotlist to close, consolidate or be turned around.2009 February 24, “Six CPS schools to stay open”, in ABC7Chicago.com
    • The federal government is proposing to add a number of substances to a hotlist that will prevent them from being used in cosmetics.2009 March 7, “Health, environment departments take action on four substances”, in The Canadian Press TORONTO
  2. (idiomatic) A list of banned items.
    • The Hotlist is used to keep the cosmetic industry aware of substances that are restricted or prohibited in cosmetics2004 June 18, “Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist”, in Health Canada
    Synonyms:
    blacklist

Verb

hotlist (third-person singular simple present hotlists, present participle hotlisting, simple past and past participle hotlisted)

  1. (transitive) To add something to such a list, or to be added to such a list.
  2. (transitive) To blacklist.
    • one must also check that the certificate is not hot-listed by Its issuer1993 August 1, Stephen T. Kent, “Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail”, in Commun. ACM, volume 36, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 48–60
    • In case of loss/theft of card, the cardholder should immediately block/hotlist the card to avoid any misuse for safety reasons2024 May 30, Sneha Kulkarni, “How to block a debit card: 4 ways to block, hotlist PNB debit card”, in The Economic Times, →ISSN

hotlist meaning in Bengali

hotlist in Bengali

সম্ভাবনা, ঝুঁকি, নিষিদ্ধ জিনিসের একটি তালিকা, কালো তালিকাভুক্ত করা

Synonyms of hotlist

Forms of hotlist

Noun
pluralhotlists
alternative formhot-list
Verb
third-person singular presenthotlists
present participlehotlisting
past participlehotlisted
pasthotlisted

Origin of hotlist

From hot + list.

Questions about hotlist

What does hotlist mean?
Hotlist means a list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).
What is hotlist in Bengali?
Hotlist in Bengali is সম্ভাবনা, ঝুঁকি, নিষিদ্ধ জিনিসের একটি তালিকা. See Hotlist meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is hotlist?
Hotlist can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of hotlist?
The plural of hotlist is hotlists.

Words near hotlist in the dictionary

  1. hotlink
  2. hotlinker
  3. hotlinkers
  4. hotlinking
  5. hotlinks
  6. hotlist
  7. hotlisted
  8. hotlisting
  9. hotlists
  10. hotly
  11. Hotmailer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hotlist (page history and authors); hotlist (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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