list
To create or recite a listTo create or recite a list.
» May I see the wine list?
Kann ich bitte die Weinkarte haben?
Можна побачити винну карту?
Можна мені винну карту?
Meaning
18 senses(transitive)To create or recite a list.
aufzählen
вноси́ть в спи́сокvnosítʹ v spísok, составля́ть спи́сокsostavljátʹ spísok, регистри́роватьregistrírovatʹ
include in a list
(transitive)To place in listings.
(transitive)To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
(transitive)To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
to list a door
(transitive)To plough and plant with a lister.
(Southern US, transitive)To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
(transitive)To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
to list a board
(transitive)To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
(intransitive, transitive)To trade on a particular stock exchange.
I was able to invest as soon as the company was listed.
(intransitive, poetic)To listen.
(poetic, transitive)To listen to.
Examples
1554 sentencesMay I see the wine list?
Можна побачити винну карту?
deKann ich bitte die Weinkarte haben?
Where did you get this list?
Де ти взяв цей перелік?
ruГде вы достали этот список?
Tom is already on the list.
Том вже в списку.
ruТом уже в списке.
I need everything on this list.
Мені потрібно все, що є в цьому списку.
My name isn't on the list.
Мого імені немає в списку.
ruВ списке нет моего имени.
deMein Name steht nicht auf der Liste.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English lī̆st, lī̆ste (“band, stripe; hem, selvage; border, edge, rim; list, sFrom Middle English lī̆st, lī̆ste (“band, stripe; hem, selvage; border, edge, rim; list, specification; barriers enclosing area for jousting, etc.”), from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), or Old French liste, listre (“border; band; strip of paper; list”), or Medieval Latin lista, all from Proto-West Germanic *līstā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”).
From Middle English listen, from Old English hlystan (“to listen”), from hlyst (“hearing”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlusti, from Proto-Germanic *hlustiz (“hearing”).
From Middle English listen, list, liste, leste, lesten (“to choose, desire, wish (to do something)”), from Old English lystan, from Proto-West Germanic *lustijan, from Proto-Germanic *lustijaną, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz (“pleasure”).
Uncertain; possibly from tilting on lists in jousts, or from Etymology 4 in the sense of inclining towards what one desires.
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Forms
lists, listing, listed, listedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- on the list
- a list of
- list of things
- made a list
- here's a list
- off the list
- on my list
- on this list
- a long list
- long list of
- list of people
- is a list