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    Definitions

    1 | verb | give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of 2 | verb | include in a list 3 | verb | cause to lean to the side 4 | verb | tilt to one side 5 | verb | enumerate 6 | noun | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) 7 | noun | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical (7 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    l'ist (IPA: lˈɪst)

    Hyphenation

    list (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1880 (Victorian era) (145 years ago)

    1602 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (423 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old English | Middle English | Old French | |

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 830th most common (1 in 8475 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

    spoken: 628th most common (1 in 8772 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    listed | listing | lists

    Synonyms

    name | lean | heel | number | listing | inclination | leaning | tilt (total: 8)

    Narrower terms

    blacklist | empanel | impanel | index | inventory | post | stock-take | take stock | itemise | itemize | agenda | agendum | A-list | bibliography | bill | ... (total: 71)

    Broader terms

    enumerate | itemise | itemize | recite | register | move | angle | lean | slant | tilt | tip | identify | name | database | position | spatial relation (total: 16)

    Rhymes

    assist | coexist | consist | cyst | delist | desist | dismissed | enlist | exist | fist | gist | grist | hissed | insist | kissed | ... (total: 24) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    fist | gist | last | lest | lift | lilt | lint | lisp | lost | lust | mist | wist (total: 12)

    Anagrams

    silt | slit

    Phrases

    list price | list processing | list-processing language | list system | waiting list (total: 5)

    Other notable uses

    List (US population: 3810 people, white: 95%)

    List (Germany, 1680 people)

    The List | The Bucket List | Schindler's List | A Preferred List

    list.com | list.net | list.org | list.info | list.biz (total: 5)

    Crossword puzzle clues

    "Schindler's ___" | Aid for Santa | Aid to Santa | Bibliography, basically | Catalog | Directory | Incline | It's just one thing after another | Kind of price | Lean | Letter-to-Santa enclosure | Mailing to Santa | ... (total: 38) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    4 (International English) | 4 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ???-5478

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