Definition of "longlist" []

• A first list, from which a shortlist is prepared (noun)
• To add to a longlist; to consider prior to a later and narrower shortlist (verb)

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• "The Orange Prize longlist is out, and the judges are complaining it was a miserable time going through the books."
• "This year though, good news, the longlist is to be limited to 12 books."
• "Usually I'm wading in already with those "Here we go ... load of old rubbish" posts, "Here's the one I've hated, place your bets, it's bound to win" and the Booker longlist is the only time I do that, turkeys don't make it on here as a rule."