A list

or A-list (ā′lĭst′)

n. Informal

A list or group of the most admired or desirable people, as for a job or social gathering: a private party for Hollywood's A list.

A′-list′ adj.

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A list

a. the most socially desirable category

b. (as modifier): an A-list event.

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short′ list`

or short′list`,

a list of those people or items preferred or most likely to be chosen, as winnowed from a longer list of possibilities.

[1925–30]

short′-list`, v.t.

Translations

A list

(inf)

n → wichtigste Personen pl → or Leute pl (inf)

adj A-list people → A-Promis pl (inf); A-list star → Superstar m (inf); to have A-list star potential → das Zeug zum Superstar haben inf

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