- short list
- or[short-listed] {v. phr.} To place on the list of select finalists for a job. * /Only three of the twenty-seven applicants were short-listed for the assistant professorial vacancy in our department./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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short list — UK / US or shortlist UK [ˈʃɔː(r)tˌlɪst] / US [ˈʃɔrtˌlɪst] noun [countable] Word forms short list : singular short list plural short lists a list of the people or things that you think could be suitable for a job, prize, team etc, chosen from a… … English dictionary
short-list — UK / US or shortlist UK [ˈʃɔː(r)tˌlɪst] / US [ˈʃɔrtˌlɪst] verb [transitive] Word forms short list : present tense I/you/we/they short list he/she/it short lists present participle short listing past tense short listed past participle short listed … English dictionary
short list — short′ list or short′list n. a list of those people or items preferred or most likely to be chosen, as winnowed from a longer list of possibilities • Etymology: 1925–30 short′ list , v.t … From formal English to slang
short list — also short|list [ˈʃo:tlıst US ˈʃo:rt ] n BrE a list of the most suitable people for a job or a prize, chosen from all the people who were first considered on the short list (for sth) ▪ Davies was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. draw… … Dictionary of contemporary English
short-list — also shortlist v [T usually passive] BrE to put someone on a short list for a job or a prize short list sb for sth ▪ She s been short listed for the director s job … Dictionary of contemporary English
short-list — also shortlist v [T usually passive] BrE to put someone on a short list for a job or a prize short list sb for sth ▪ She s been short listed for the director s job … Dictionary of contemporary English
short list — also short|list [ˈʃo:tlıst US ˈʃo:rt ] n BrE a list of the most suitable people for a job or a prize, chosen from all the people who were first considered on the short list (for sth) ▪ Davies was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. draw… … Dictionary of contemporary English
short list — short ,list noun count a list of the people or things you think could be suitable for a job, prize, team, etc., chosen from a larger number of people or things: on the short list: Who is on the short list of candidates for the job? … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
short-list — short ,list verb transitive to put someone or something on a short list: This story was short listed for the Pulitzer Prize … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
short\ list — • short list • short listed v. phr. To place on the list of select finalists for a job. Only three of the twenty seven applicants were short listed for the assistant professorial vacancy in our department … Словарь американских идиом
Short list — A short list is a list of candidates for a job, prize, award, political position, etc., that has been reduced from a longer list of candidates (sometimes via intermediate lists known as long lists ). The length of short lists varies according to… … Wikipedia
