What is list?

More definitions of "list":

• (verb): Enumerate.
  Synonyms: number

• (verb): Include in a list.
  Example: "Am I listed in your register?"

• (verb): Tilt to one side.
  Synonyms: heel

• (noun): A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics).
  Synonyms: listing

• (verb): Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.
  Example: "List the states west of the Mississippi"
  Synonyms: name

• (noun): The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.
  Example: "The ship developed a list to starboard"
  Synonyms: tilt, inclination, lean, leaning

Famous quotes containing the word list:

“Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women’s issues.”
—Charlotte Bunch (b. 1944)

“Weigh what loss your honor may sustain
If with too credent ear you list his songs,
Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open
To his unmastered importunity.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)