[usually singular] a small number of candidates for a job, etc., who have been chosen from all the people who applied to draw up a shortlist a shortlist for a literary prize She is on my shortlist of great singers. Wordfinderapplyapply, appoint, candidate, CV, experience, interview, job description, qualification, reference, shortlist Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivefinal, all-women verb + shortlistcompile, draw up, make, … prepositionon a/the shortlist, shortlist for, shortlist of, … See full entryExtra examples The film is on the shortlist for Best Picture. The interviewers have to draw up a shortlist of five or six people. They will choose from a shortlist of seven candidates. a shortlist of candidates
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