lists
Catalogs or tilts
Lists is an old word for a combat arena—the enclosed field where knights jousted at tournaments.
To enter the lists is to join a competition or conflict, from the image of a challenger riding into that space.
The expression survives mainly in formal or literary contexts: She entered the lists as a candidate for mayor.
Alphabetical guide to contents
- directoryFile system container
- rosterList of members
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
database · archive · compilation · roll · schedule · ledger · record · manifest
List items individually
- itemizeList by particulars
- catalogOrdered list of items
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- tabulateArrange data in columns
compile · register · tally · inventory · index · schedule · slate · enroll
Ordered position assignment
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- lineupOrdered list of participants
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- progressionSequential forward movement
arrangement · priority · queue · standings · leaderboard · pecking order · tier · seeding
Cataloging into distinct entries
- tallyRecorded count
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
- numberingAssigning sequential figures
- rundownQuick overview of facts
breakdown · specification · detailing · cataloguing · bullet points · outlining · tabulation · line items
index
Alphabetical guide to contents
inventory · database · archive · compilation · roll · schedule · ledger · record · manifest · docket
enumerate
List items individually
tabulate · compile · register · tally · inventory · index · schedule · slate · enroll · roster
ranking
Ordered position assignment
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- lineupOrdered list of participants
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
progression · arrangement · priority · queue · standings · leaderboard · pecking order · tier · seeding · placement
itemization
Cataloging into distinct entries
rundown · breakdown · specification · detailing · cataloguing · bullet points · outlining · tabulation · line items · tick boxes
stock
Goods kept for sale
merchandise · stocktake · warehouse · manifest · shipping · packing · backorder · reorder · SKU · barcode
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- print mediaheadline, magazine, articles, news, byline
- document contentappendix, appendices, addendum, addenda, supplement
- holiday prepadvent, gifts, decorating, shopping, countdown
- social networksfriends, followers, mutual friends, friend requests, social circle
- focus aidstimers, coffee, alarms, tea, checklists
listschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disarray · disorder · jumble · mess · randomness
listsprose
Unversified language
paragraphs · narrative · essay · exposition · discourse
listsrights
Justified claims to freedoms
levels · stabilizes · steadies · balances · straightens
- shopping listWritten buying guide
- to-do listPending tasks, itemized
- wish listEnumeration of wants
- grocery listInventory for store trip
- waiting listRecord of hopeful applicants
- bucket listPre-death wish inventory
list, listing, listed, enlist, listless, blacklist, checklist, unlisted, listlessness