Meaning

1 senses

  1. To place something on a short list.

    put someone or something on a short list

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Only two applicants made it onto the shortlist.

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  2. Nobody knows the shortlist of nominees for Japanese ambassador to Colombia yet.

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  3. No British authors are on the shortlist for the Booker Prize this year.

    deDieses Jahr stehen keine britischen Schriftsteller in der engeren Auswahl des Booker-Preises.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

shortlists, shortlisting, shortlisted, shortlisted
Base formshortlist · to shortlist
3rd person singularshortlists
Present participleshortlisting
Past simpleshortlisted
Past participleshortlisted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshortlist
he, she, itshortlists

Past simpleLesson

all personsshortlisted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shortlisted
he, she, ithas shortlisted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shortlist

Word family

2 related words
Relateddownselect
Derivedshortlisted

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shortenshortfallshorthandshortlyB1shortnessB2shortstopshotA2
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