shortlist meaning

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shortlist (noun): a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen.

shortlist has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

shortlist as a noun

  1. a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen

    Synonyms: short list

    Type of: list

shortlist as a verb

  1. put someone or something on a short list

    Type of: rate

Scrabble score: 12 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SH · words ending in ST · 9-letter words

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