longlist

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noun

An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.

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Meanings

nounlonglist (plural longlists)

plural longlists

  1. An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.
verblonglist (third-person singular simple present longlists, present participle longlisting, simple past and past participle longlisted)

present singular third person longlists · participle present longlisting · participle past longlisted · past longlisted

  1. transitiveTo add to a longlist; to consider prior to a later and narrower shortlist.

Origin

From long + list.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lostling
Cite this entry
APA

longlist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longlist

MLA

“longlist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longlist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “longlist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longlist.

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