A catalogue is a list of things. Those glossy booklets from your favorite clothing shops that fill your mailbox are catalogues, and so is that online list you consult to find a book at the library.

A catalogue — also spelled catalog — can be a list of anything, arranged in some order, and when you list things, you catalogue them. If you’re particularly peeved at your brother, you might catalogue for him every annoying thing he’s done lately. If you’ve ever worked in a library, you may have been assigned to catalogue new books, or, at your office, you might catalogue all the printers, listing the make and model of each one