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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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