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lists
[ lists ]
noun
- an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- the barriers enclosing this arena.
- any place or scene of combat, competition, controversy, etc.
lists
/ ±ôɪ²õ³Ù²õ /
plural noun
- history
- the enclosed field of combat at a tournament
- the barriers enclosing the field at a tournament
- any arena or scene of conflict, controversy, etc
- enter the liststo engage in a conflict, controversy, etc
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lists1
Idioms and Phrases
- enter the lists, to involve oneself in a conflict or contest:
to enter the lists against the protective tariff.
Example Sentences
Mr Hartley will still appear on the ballot paper as a Reform UK candidate, as his suspension was announced after candidate lists were published.
She’s the one who tools around Leisure World in a golf cart flying an American flag and showcasing the placard that lists the “Early Warning Signs of Fascism.â€
They said October's budget "took difficult decisions on tax to stabilise the public finances, including the NHS which has now seen waiting lists fall five months in a row".
Trump's announcement may mean a redraft of the global trade map – and our own shopping lists.
The PM pointed to increases in the minimum wage, falling NHS waiting lists and cuts to fuel duty as examples of the difference the government was making.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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