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shortlistee

shortlistee noun: a person or thing that is on a shortlist.

Noun

shortlistee (plural shortlistees)

  1. A person or thing that is on a shortlist.
    • Revealingly, two of the contenders announced this week for the Art Fund museum of the year prize - the Sackler Centre at the V&A in London and the National Trust Museum of Childhood in Derbyshire - are heavily interactive, while a third shortlistee, the Museum of Reading, boxed up its exhibits and...2009 February 28, Mark Lawson, “The art of persuasion”, in The Guardian

Forms of shortlistee

pluralshortlistees

Origin of shortlistee

From shortlist + -ee.

Questions about shortlistee

What does shortlistee mean?
Shortlistee means a person or thing that is on a shortlist.
What part of speech is shortlistee?
Shortlistee is a noun.
What is the plural of shortlistee?
The plural of shortlistee is shortlistees.

Words near shortlistee in the dictionary

  1. shortline
  2. shortlines
  3. shortlink
  4. shortlist
  5. shortlisted
  6. shortlistee
  7. shortlistees
  8. shortlister
  9. shortlisters
  10. shortlisting
  11. shortlists

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