inventory
verb/ˈɪnvəntri/
/ˈɪnvəntɔːri/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they inventory | /ˈɪnvəntri/ /ˈɪnvəntɔːri/ |
| he / she / it inventories | /ˈɪnvəntriz/ /ˈɪnvəntɔːriz/ |
| past simple inventoried | /ˈɪnvəntrid/ /ˈɪnvəntɔːrid/ |
| past participle inventoried | /ˈɪnvəntrid/ /ˈɪnvəntɔːrid/ |
| -ing form inventorying | /ˈɪnvəntriɪŋ/ /ˈɪnvəntɔːriɪŋ/ |
- inventory something to make a complete list of something; to include something in a list
- I've inventoried my father's collection of prints.
- Every book was inventoried.
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin inventorium, alteration of late Latin inventarium, literally ‘a list of what is found’, from Latin invenire ‘come upon’.Definitions on the go
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