cataloguing Definition

catalogue
noun

1. A list of items arranged in a systematic order, especially alphabetically.

Thesaurus: inventory, list, directory, index, record, register, schedule, roster, table, roll.
2. A brochure, booklet, etc containing a list of goods for sale.
3. A list or index of all the books in a library.
4. A series of things mentioned one by one as though in a list.

Example: the catalogue of his faults

verb catalogued, cataloguing

1. To make a catalogue of (a library, books, etc).
2. To enter (an item) in a catalogue.

Thesaurus: list, index, classify, record, codify, alphabetize, enumerate, file, inventory, register.
3. To list or mention one by one.

Example: He catalogued her virtues

Derivative: cataloguer
noun

Etymology: 15c: French, from Latin catalogus, from Greek katalegein to reckon in a list, from kata down + legein to choose.