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list1 / list/ • n. 1. a number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other: consult the list of drugs on page 326 writing a shopping list. ∎ a set of items considered as being in the same category or having a particular order of priority: tourism is at the top of the list of potential job creators. ∎ Comput. a formal structure analogous to a list by which items of data can be stored or processed in a definite order. [ORIGIN: late 16th cent.: from French liste, of Germanic origin.]2. (lists) hist. barriers enclosing an area for a jousting tournament. ∎ the scene of a contest or combat. [ORIGIN: late Middle English: from Old French lisse.]3. a selvage of a piece of fabric. [ORIGIN: Middle English, from Old English liste ‘border,’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijst and German Leiste.]• v. [tr.] 1. make a list of: I have listed four reasons below. ∎ (often be listed) include or enter in a list: 93 men were still listed as missing. ∎ [intr.] (list at/for) be on a list of products at (a specified price): the bottom-of-the-line Mercedes lists for $52,050.2. archaic enlist for military service.PHRASES: enter the lists issue or accept a challenge.DERIVATIVES: list·a·ble adj.list2 • v. [intr.] (of a ship) lean to one side, typically because of a leak or unbalanced cargo.Compare with heel2 .• n. an instance of a ship leaning over in such a way.list3 archaic • v. [intr.] want; like: let them think what they list. • n. desire; inclination: I have little list to write.
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The items in a list can be arbitrary in nature, unless stated otherwise. In particular it is possible for an item to be another list, in which case it is known as a sublist. For example, let L be the list (A,B,(C,D),E)
then the third item of L is the list (C,D), which is a sublist of L. If a list has one or more sublists it is called a list structure. If it has no sublists it is a linear list. The two basic representation forms for lists are sequentially allocated lists and linked lists, the latter being more flexible.
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So listen OE. hlysnan, corr. to MHG. lüsenen :- WGmc. *χlusinōjan.
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Hence sb. †pleasure, desire XIII; whence listless without zest or spirit XV.
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A. border, edging, strip OE.;
B. †boundary; pl. barrier enclosing space for tilting XIV. OE. līste = MDu. lijste (Du. lijst), OHG. līsta (G. leiste) :- Gmc. *līstōn (whence F. liste). In its application to tilting used to repr. OF. lisse (mod. lice).
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Hence vb. XVII.
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So vb. XVII.