Definition of "catalog" []

• A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations. (noun)
• A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display: a catalog of fall fashions; a seed catalog. (noun)
• A list or enumeration: "the long catalogue of his concerns: unemployment, housing, race, drugs, the decay of the inner city, the environment and family life” ( Anthony Holden). (noun)
• A card catalog. (noun)
• To make an itemized list of: catalog a record collection. (verb-transitive)

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• "Comics consumers are creatures of habit to begin with, so limiting access to the catalog is already a hurdle."
• "This year's Cabela's catalog is featuring some new digicam get-ups."
• "David L. Altshuler, deputy director of the Broad Institute of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a co-chairman of the 1000 Genomes Project steering committee, said a large catalog is a critical tool in figuring out which genetic differences might increase risk of disease."