Noun

Singular list

Plural lists

list (plural lists)

1. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
2. Material used for cloth selvage.
   • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton 2005, page 681:

     The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionaire's office, and putting on list slippers.

3. (in plural) The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     William de Wyvil, and Stephen de Martival, [...] armed at all points, rode up and down the lists to enforce and preserve good order among the spectators.

Noun

Singular list

Plural lists

list (plural lists)

1. A register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items.
2. (computing) A codified representation of a list, used to store data or in processing.
3. (programming, LISP) A data structure that is fundamental to the LISP language. A list is defined 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.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:list

Derived terms

• association list
• blacklist
• bullet list
• checklist
• clout list
• comma separated list
• definition list

• grocery list
• hit list
• laundry list
• mailing list
• material list
• punch list
• set list

• short list
• stop list
• to-do list
• waiting list
• whitelist
• wine list
• wish list

List or lists may refer to:

• A mailing list
• Comma separated lists, a common way of listing in everyday life and computing. (British usage: Comma-separated values)
• An electronic mailing list
• An electoral list
• List (computing)
• Lists (jousting), a roped-off enclosure where medieval knights jousted
• List (watercraft), the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship
• List, an alternative term for roll in flight dynamics
• List, Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island Sylt
• Task lists, a list of tasks to be completed
• Listicle, an article in list format

People:

• Friedrich List, German economist
• Guido von List, Austrian Armanist
• John List, murderer
• Liesbeth List, Dutch singer
• Maximilian List, SS officer and Commandant of Lager Sylt, a labour camp on Alderney
• Siegmund Wilhelm List, WWII German field marshal

The List may refer to:

• The List (magazine), a Scottish magazine
• The List (South Park), an episode of the television show South Park
• The List (The X-Files), an episode of the television show The X-Files
• The List (2000 film), a Canadian film starring Ryan O'Neal
• The List (2007 film), a film based on the novel by Robert Whitlow
• Earl's list, a central plot item in the television series My Name Is Earl
• The List (VH1), a short-lived discussion show that aired on VH1