short list
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- noun
- /ʃɔrt lɪst/
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preselección
- After the initial interviews, we created a short list of the best applicants for the job.
- short list of candidates
- a very short list
- only a short list
Is there a short list of ways that we can cope with stress better?
- Is there a short list of ways that we can cope with stress better?
- I'm just going to give you a little short list of who I look up to in the Philippines.
- So those are cosine and sine will be on our short list of great functions that we can deal with.
- And you clearly, all humility aside, you have to admit you are on the short list of the best comedians on the globe.
- And I guess that is a more palatable definition of balance to me is what is my short list of values and what's important.
- All of a sudden there was a laundry list of food that I couldn't eat or wouldn't eat and a very short list of food that I could or would eat.
- It has a very short list of of facts about it, and it is simply that collection of facts.
Examples
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At one point he tells them that he is on the short list to become the next head of the SEC.
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We arrived at a short list of five theoretical problems in early November 1992.
Academic text (1993) -
But maybe it would be great to hear your short list of the most important.
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You need to have a very short list every week of what actually matters to you.
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You want the short list or the long list?
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So is Buddy on your short list?
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Coffee was also on her short list of things to buy.
Fiction book (1999) -
Indeed Instant Match helps you make a short list of great candidates fast.
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Judge Trent is on the short list for Solicitor General.
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I've got a short list of psychologists.
Synonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a reduced/selected list of candidates' is directly compositional from 'short' (understood here as reduced or brief) + 'list' (a sequence of names/items). This adjective+noun pattern is a common, cross-linguistic way to signal a shortened or limited version of a list, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Short list comes from the simple idea of making a long list 'short' by keeping only a few chosen people. Imagine cutting a long list of names down to a small list of people still being considered, so short list means a small group of selected candidates.