to shortlist

Examples

• All

• I ended up being shortlisted, the last person you know, shortlist of one to be interviewed by the Prime Minister.

  UK Parliament

• It's not the easiest time at the club, but candidates have been shortlisted for quite some weeks now.

• I had already discussed this with Personnel, explained why he was not in the top half dozen, and should we shortlist him?

  Blog text (7)

• The Public Burning, which was shortlisted for the National Book Award, is still in print.

  Academic text (2010)

• Based on all these features, the person must compare the plans that will then help him/her to shortlist the best medical cover.

  Blog text (5)

• You can shortlist a few promising chiropractors, and about a handful should then be given closer attention.

  Blog text (29)

• I've been shortlisted in the Business Woman of the Year category!

  Blog text (2)

• We were ushered into the bar by the Head of PR and asked to wait while the other shortlisted authors were rounded up.

  Blog text (14)

• You've been shortlisted for the final screening, to take place on May 29th.

  Never Not Yours (2024)

• Will Robinson is working on a biography of the Victorian investigative journalist W.T. Stead, for which he was recently shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Biographers' Club Prize.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

M

to make the cut

vsto shortlist

31 4.8

To be chosen to join a team after a test or tryout

is about earlier narrowing rather than final acceptance or joining

P

to put forward

vsto shortlist

5 3.1

To suggest someone for a job or prize

is used by selectors to narrow candidates for later decision

Antonyms

E

to eliminate

354 3.4

Remove someone or something from a competition so they are no longer in it

How Official

confirmation

• Formal

230 2.5

appointment

• Formal

183 2.5

nomination

734 3.3

to shortlist

3 4.1

suggestion

759 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology