From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshort listˈshort list, shortlist /ˈʃɔːtlɪst $ ˈʃɔːrt-/ noun [countable] British English LISTa list of the most suitable people for a job or a prize, chosen from all the people who were first consideredon the short list (for something) Davies was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize.draw up/compile a shortlist The panel will draw up a shortlist of candidates.
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short list• After being selected from a short list of five people, I was finally not offered the position.• It gave her a short list of problems and asked her to solve them.• At the other end of the scale a short list of names and addresses is not necessarily harmless.• These were narrowed down to a short list of 13 from which Jim's was selected as best-overall.• The equity department was planning a boat trip to become further acquainted with the trainees on its short list.• Readers at Borders Books shops helped to choose the short list.on the short list (for something)• Both were also on the short list of potential future chairman.• David Elsworth's Imperial Brush must be on the short list.• The previous year, four of the six novels on the short list were about growing up in the Soviet era.• Once more I was on the short list.short-listshort-list, shortlist /ˈʃɔːtlɪst $ ˈʃɔːrt-/ verb [transitive usually passive] British English CHOOSEto put someone on a short list for a job or a prizeshort-list somebody for something She’s been short-listed for the director’s job.→ See Verb table 