0 a list of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job or prize, made from a longer list of people originally considered, and from which one person will be chosen:
1 to put someone or something on a shortlist:
His latest novel has been shortlisted for the Man Booker prize.
I've shortlisted three applicants for the job.
2 a small number of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job, prize, etc. from a larger number and from which one will finally be chosen:
draw up/make a shortlist
on a shortlist Candidates on the shortlist had three interviews each.
3 to put someone on a shortlist:
I have applied for numerous management jobs and, despite fulfilling the criteria, have never been shortlisted.
shortlist sb for sth Two companies have been shortlisted for the contract.
shortlist sb to do sth He is one of two candidates shortlisted to succeed the chairman.
The selection committee would not shortlist him because he lived outside the area.
The shortlist is a small competitive network that is built anew for every fresh input sequence.
Typically, shortlists of applicants, ranked in priority order are assembled with the aid of computer software.
The four shortlisted design teams were asked for ideas addressing the issues of this century rather than those of the last.
A shortlist of the new approaches in recent economics includes game theory, experimental economics, behavioral economics, evolutionary economics, neuroeconomics, and non-linear complexity theory.
There were 76 expressions of interest from which a shortlist of 12 was selected.
