shortlist

UK: /ˈʃɔː^rtlɪst/

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shortlist / ˈʃɔːtˌlɪst/ noun

1. a list of suitable applicants for a job, post, etc, from which the successful candidate will be selected

verb (transitive)

1. to put (someone) on a shortlist

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

short′ list′, 

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

• 1925–30

short-list  (shôrt′list′), v.t. 

1. to put on a short list.