1. countable noun
If someone is on a shortlist, for example for a job or a prize, they are one of a small group of people who have been chosen from a larger group. The successful person is then chosen from the small group.
If you've been asked for an interview you are probably on a shortlist of no more than six. [+ of]
2. verb [usually passive]
If someone or something is shortlisted for a job or a prize, they are put on a shortlist.
[mainly British]
He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature several times. [be VERB-ed + for]
Nottingham was shortlisted as Entrepreneurial University of the Year in this year's Times Higher Education Awards. [beV-ed for/as n]
[Also be V-ed + as]
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