the act of making a list of items
"I spent all afternoon listing every single item I needed for the camping trip on my phone."
The action of the verb to list.
"After spending hours listing every expense on his spreadsheet, he finally calculated how much money was left in his account."
In plain English: A listing is a public record of things available for sale, rent, or employment.
"The restaurant was so popular that their guest list was over three hundred names long."
Usage: As a noun, listing refers to the act of compiling or arranging items into a list, such as creating a grocery list before shopping. It describes the process itself rather than the final document, which is simply called a list.
present participle of list
"The sailor struggled to keep his balance as listing heavily to starboard during the storm."
In plain English: To list something means to write down or say its name as part of a group.
"She was listing the prices of all the items on her phone."
Usage: Use listing to describe the act of creating or updating a list of items, such as listing your expenses in a spreadsheet. Do not confuse this with the past tense listed, which describes an action that has already been completed.
As listed or shown on a listing.
"The house sold quickly because it was priced exactly as advertised in the original real estate listing."
In plain English: Listing means being arranged in a list or order.
"The listing prices on the real estate website are much higher than what people are actually paying."
Usage: Use "listing" only when describing something that appears on a specific list or register, such as a property being available for sale. It is not interchangeable with other adjectives like "listed" when referring to the act of making an entry or a general state of boredom.
Derived from Old English listian meaning to list, enumerate, or arrange in order, the term originally referred to making an inventory of items. It later evolved to denote a published advertisement seeking tenants or employees as well as any systematic arrangement of data.