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longlist

longlist noun: an initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.

Noun

longlist (plural longlists)

  1. An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.

Verb

longlist (third-person singular simple present longlists, present participle longlisting, simple past and past participle longlisted)

  1. (transitive) To add to a longlist; to consider prior to a later and narrower shortlist.

Forms of longlist

Noun
plurallonglists
Verb
third-person singular presentlonglists
present participlelonglisting
past participlelonglisted
pastlonglisted

Origin of longlist

From long + list.

Questions about longlist

What does longlist mean?
Longlist means an initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.
What part of speech is longlist?
Longlist can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of longlist?
The plural of longlist is longlists.

Words near longlist in the dictionary

  1. longliner
  2. longliners
  3. longlines
  4. Longling
  5. longlining
  6. longlist
  7. longlisted
  8. longlisting
  9. longlists
  10. longlived
  11. longliver

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