SHORT-LIST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of short-list in English

(Definition of short-list from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of short-list

short-list
Each chapter ends with a short list of references, many published in the last three years.
Therefore, we need to reduce the raw data to a relatively short list of variables whose distributions can be used as quantified simulation targets.
I am going to read you a short list of opinions.
His rethink is neatly summed up in a fairly short list of propositions.
That is, there was minimal activation during retention of the short list, but substantially increased activation during retention of the long list.
When they have arrived at a short list they use, in the second phase, another partial heuristic in order to select the best alternative.
Each chapter ends with a wonderfully useful summary of the main points and has a short list of further readings.
Figure 5 shows a fragment of code that reverses a short list; this fragment serves as a running example in the remainder of this section.
One goal would be to make a relatively short list that could be used to examine quality of health care.
We only give a short list of possibilities.
This is then interchangeable with a complete short list, again suitable for both diagnostic and therapeutic needs, which contains no more than five to six hundred items.
I plodded through them, page by page, name after name, all six volumes, making a short list of those who matched at least two of my criteria.
Many international commissions are awarded from a hand-picked short list of contenders, of which a perfunctory representative from the region is generally included among the out-of-towners.
This practice consisted of the presentation of a short list of auditorily presented words for the free recall task and a one-minute performance for the tracking task.
A short list of practices that fulfilled the criteria was drawn up by the steering group, and six of these practices were approached, four of which agreed to participate.
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Translations of short-list

in Chinese (Traditional)
把…列入(最終)候選名單,提名…
in Chinese (Simplified)
把…列入(最终)候选名单,提名…
in Spanish
preseleccionar, lista de preseleccionados, seleccionar…
in Portuguese
pré-selecionar, lista dos aprovados, apurar…
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liste des candidats (sélectionnés), retenir la candidature…
son elemeye kalanlar listesi, son elemeye kalanlar listesine koymak…
voordracht, voordragen…
užší seznam, vzít do užšího výběru…
slutliste, føre på slutliste, shortliste…
daftar calon yang terpilih, membuat daftar calon yang terpilih…
ผู้ได้รับคัดเลือกในรอบสุดท้าย, คัดเลือกเป็นครั้งสุดท้าย…
danh sách sơ tuyển, đưa vào danh sách sơ tuyển…
ostateczna lista, wyselekcjonować…
slutlista, sätta upp på slutlistan…
senarai pendek, memilih…
die engere Wahl, in die engere Wahl ziehen…
den endelige søkerlista, bli innstilt…
список кандидатів після відсіву, складати список кандидатів після відсіву…
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