shortlist

Universal Words noun, verb noun [usuallysing.] a small number of candidates for a job, etc., who have been chosen from all the people who applied: to draw up a shortlist * a shortlist for a literary prize * She is one of the four people on my shortlist of great singers. verb [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb/sth (for sth) (BrE) to put sb/sth on a shortlist for a job, prize, etc: Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by the end of the week. * Her novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.