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Word: list (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • architecture a tilt to a building.
  • A register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items.
  • A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
  • computing A codified representation of a list, used to store data or in processing.
  • in plural The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.
  • Material used for cloth selvage.
  • nautical a tilting or careening manoeuvre, which causes the ship to roll. Usually used to describe tilting not under a ship's own power.
  • recursively: it may be nil or it may consist of a header (the first element) and a tail (the remainder; the tail may be nil). Both header and tail are lists.

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Verb:

  • archaic To wish, like, desire (to do something).
  • transitive To be pleasing to.
  • nautical to carry out such a manoeuvre
  • To create or recite a list.
  • To listen
  • To place in listings.

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