longlist

noun, verb — 2 senses

longlist

noun

Etymology From long + list.

1

An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.

longlist

verb

Etymology From long + list.

1

To add to a longlist; to consider prior to a later and narrower shortlist.

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