to inventory
- verb
- /ˈɪnvənˌtɔri/
- The manager asked her team to inventory the supplies in the office to ensure they had enough for the next project.
- inventoried our collections
OK, so one I would say again, take inventory of your closet.
- OK, so one I would say again, take inventory of your closet.
- One thing that's really powerful is to kind of inventory.
Examples
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We've inventoried everything.
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I've inventoried all materials on hand.
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We have to inventory our equipment.
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I'll need to inventory the items on her person at the time of her arrest.
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OK, so one I would say again, take inventory of your closet.
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This also helps me inventory and make sure I know when I have in stock and when I don't.
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I have to, uh, inventory the pantry today.
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I heard they had to inventory something like 194,000 pieces of evidence.
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Audubon members inventoried areas for which there were little or no data.
Academic text (2001) -
Each night, the stevedore shook me awake and made me watch as he carefully inventoried his possessions.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
To write down names or items in order
To carefully check what you have and how things are going
To count and check the goods a shop or warehouse has
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A list of questions that asks about a person's feelings, thoughts and behaviour
- Specialized
A questionnaire of yes or no questions that measures people's personality and behavior
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A set of questions people answer to see if they are outgoing or shy and how steady their feelings are
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A long set of questions psychologists use to learn about a person's personality and mental health
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A way of recording and valuing goods a business has to manage them
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A questionnaire where people answer questions about their own thoughts, feelings or actions
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A set of questions people answer about their own thoughts and behavior to show what kind of person they are
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
Inventory as a verb comes from the same old word inventarium and connects to invent ('to find'). To inventory something is to find and write down its items, so the verb means 'make a complete list'.