4 VERB To list several things such as reasons or names means to write or say them one after another, usually in a particular order. □ [V n] Manufacturers must list ingredients in order of the amount used.
5 VERB To list something in a particular way means to include it in that way in a list or report. □ [V n prep] A medical examiner has listed the deaths as homicides. □ [V -ed + under ] He was not listed under his real name on the residents panel.
6 VERB If a company is listed , or if it lists , on a stock exchange, it obtains an official quotation for its shares so that people can buy and sell them. [BUSINESS ] □ [V ] It will list on the London Stock Exchange next week with a value of 130 million pounds. [Also V n]
7 → see also listed , listing SYNONYMS list NOUN 1
record: Keep a record of all the payments.
inventory: Before starting, he made an inventory of everything that was to stay.
catalogue: This is the world's biggest seed catalogue.
register: She calls the register for her class of thirty 12 year olds. VERB 4
catalogue: The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars.
itemize: Itemize your gear and mark major items with your name and post code.
record: You can buy software packages which record the details of your photographs.
list|ed /l I st I d/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] In Britain, a listed building is protected by law against being destroyed or altered because it is historically or architecturally important.
li st|ed co m|pa|ny (listed companies ) N‑COUNT A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange. [BUSINESS ]
lis|ten ◆◆◇ /l I s ə n/ (listens , listening , listened )
1 VERB If you listen to someone who is talking or to a sound, you give your attention to them or it. □ [V + to ] He spent his time listening to the radio. □ [V ] Sonia was not listening. ● lis|ten|er (listeners ) N‑COUNT □ One or two listeners had fallen asleep while the President was speaking.
2 VERB If you listen for a sound, you keep alert and are ready to hear it if it occurs. □ [V + for ] We listen for footsteps approaching. □ [V ] They're both asleep upstairs, but you don't mind listening just in case of trouble, do you? ● PHRASAL VERB Listen out means the same as listen . [BRIT ] □ [V P + for ] I didn't really listen out for the lyrics. [Also V P ]
3 VERB If you listen to someone, you do what they advise you to do, or you believe them. □ [V + to ] Anne, you need to listen to me this time. □ [V ] When I asked him to stop, he would not listen.
4 CONVENTION You say listen when you want someone to pay attention to you because you are going to say something important. □ Listen, I finish at one.
▸ listen in PHRASAL VERB If you listen in to a private conversation, you secretly listen to it. □ [V P + to/on ] He assigned federal agents to listen in on Martin Luther King's phone calls. [Also V P ] COLLOCATIONS listen VERB 1
listen + adverb : attentively, carefully, hard, intently; patiently, politely
lis|ten|able /l I s ə nəb ə l/ ADJ If something is listenable , it is very pleasant to listen to. □ It's an eminently listenable album.
lis|ten|er /l I snə r / (listeners )
1 N‑COUNT A listener is a person who listens to the radio or to a particular radio programme. □ [+ to ] I'm a regular listener to her show.
2 N‑COUNT [adj N ] If you describe someone as a good listener , you mean that they listen carefully and sympathetically to you when you talk, for example about your problems. □ Dr Brian was a good listener. □ If you can be a sympathetic listener, it may put your own problems in perspective.
3 → see also listen
list|ing /l I st I ŋ/ (listings ) N‑COUNT A listing is a published list, or an item in a published list. □ [+ of ] A full listing of the companies will be published quarterly.
list|less /l I stləs/ ADJ Someone who is listless has no energy or enthusiasm. □ He was listless and pale and wouldn't eat much. ● list|less|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ Usually, you would just sit listlessly, too hot to do anything else. ● list|less|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ Amy was distressed by Helen's listlessness.
li st pri ce (list prices ) N‑COUNT The list price of an item is the price which the manufacturer suggests that a shopkeeper should charge for it.
lit /l I t/ Lit is a past tense and past participle of light .
lita|ny /l I təni/ (litanies )
1 N‑COUNT If you describe what someone says as a litany of things, you mean that you have heard it many times before, and you think it is boring or insincere. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [+ of ] She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client.
2 N‑COUNT A litany is part of a church service in which the priest says a set group of words and the people reply, also using a set group of words.