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Webster 1913 Edition
Lister
{
Leis′ter
,Lis′ter
}(lĭs′tẽr)
, Noun.
A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
[Scotland]
List′er
(lĭst′ẽr)
, Noun.
One who makes a list or roll.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lister
LIST'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Lister
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See also: Lister
English
Alternative forms
- leister (fish spear)
Noun
lister (plural listers)
Etymology 2
Noun
lister (plural listers)
- One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
- 1984, John C. Nash, Effective scientific problem solving with small computers (page 113)
- A good program lister is helpful here, since many language processors allow multi-statement lines. For BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and similar languages, the lister can split multi-statement lines, ensure there are blanks between keywords […]
- 1984, John C. Nash, Effective scientific problem solving with small computers (page 113)
- A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
- (birdwatching) A birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.
Related terms
Etymology 3
Compare list (“a strip, border”), probably applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow.
Noun
lister (plural listers)
- A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lis.te/
Verb
lister
- list (to create a list)
Conjugation
Conjugation of lister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | lister | avoir listé | |||||
| gerund | en listant | en ayant listé | |||||
| present participle | listant /lis.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | listé /lis.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | liste /list/ |
listes /list/ |
liste /list/ |
listons /lis.tɔ̃/ |
listez /lis.te/ |
listent /list/ |
| imperfect | listais /lis.tɛ/ |
listais /lis.tɛ/ |
listait /lis.tɛ/ |
listions /lis.tjɔ̃/ |
listiez /lis.tje/ |
listaient /lis.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | listai /lis.te/ |
listas /lis.ta/ |
lista /lis.ta/ |
listâmes /lis.tam/ |
listâtes /lis.tat/ |
listèrent /lis.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | listerai /lis.tə.ʁe/ |
listeras /lis.tə.ʁa/ |
listera /lis.tə.ʁa/ |
listerons /lis.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
listerez /lis.tə.ʁe/ |
listeront /lis.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | listerais /lis.tə.ʁɛ/ |
listerais /lis.tə.ʁɛ/ |
listerait /lis.tə.ʁɛ/ |
listerions /lis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
listeriez /lis.tə.ʁje/ |
listeraient /lis.tə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | liste /list/ |
listes /list/ |
liste /list/ |
listions /lis.tjɔ̃/ |
listiez /lis.tje/ |
listent /list/ |
| imperfect1 |
listasse /lis.tas/ |
listasses /lis.tas/ |
listât /lis.ta/ |
listassions /lis.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
listassiez /lis.ta.sje/ |
listassent /lis.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | liste /list/ |
— | listons /lis.tɔ̃/ |
listez /lis.te/ |
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