e·nu·mer·ate

(ĭ-no͞o′mə-rāt′, -nyo͞o′-)

tr.v. e·nu·mer·at·ed, e·nu·mer·at·ing, e·nu·mer·ates

1. To count off or name one by one; list: A spokesperson enumerated the strikers' demands.

2. To determine the number of; count.

[Latin ēnumerāre, ēnumerāt-, to count out : ē-, ex-, ex- + numerus, number; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]

e·nu′mer·a′tion n.

e·nu′mer·a′tive (-mə-rā′tĭv, -mər-ə-) adj.

e·nu′mer·a′tor n.

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Noun	1.	enumeration - a numbered list numbering list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
	2.	enumeration - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" counting, numeration, count, reckoning, tally investigating, investigation - the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically blood count - the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample census, nose count, nosecount - a periodic count of the population countdown - counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle) miscount - an inaccurate count poll - the counting of votes (as in an election) recount - an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election sperm count - the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate

enumeration

noun

A noting of items one by one:

count, numeration, reckoning, tally.

Archaic: tale.

Translations

عَد، تَعْداد، سَرْد

listningopregning

Aufzählung

απαρίθμηση αρίθμηση

énumération

felsorolás

upptalning

sayma

enumeration

[ɪˌnjuːməˈreɪʃən] N → enumeración f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

enumeration

n → Aufzählung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

enumeration

[ɪˌnjuːməˈreɪʃ/ən] n → enumerazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

enumerate

(iˈnjuːməreit) verb

to give a list of. He enumerated my faults – laziness, vanity etc.

eˌnumeˈration noun

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The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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Had no other enumeration or definition of the powers of the Congress been found in the Constitution, than the general expressions just cited, the authors of the objection might have had some color for it; though it would have been difficult to find a reason for so awkward a form of describing an authority to legislate in all possible cases.

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The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by law Direct.

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Now, in conclusion, the method which teaches adherence to the true order, and an exact enumeration of all the conditions of the thing .sought includes all that gives certitude to the rules of arithmetic.

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And I do not pretend to any interest in the enumeration of the great races of that year.

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Whether I could by any diagrams or descriptions (other than the enumeration of imaginary sides and angles) indicate the Figure I was pleased to call a Cube?

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The work throws no light whatever on the name that was really his own or on the secret history of his life--it is almost entirely devoted to the praise of his domestic virtues, the assertion of his rare abilities, and the enumeration of the honours conferred on him.

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"What will the young chief, who comes from toward the sun, give?" demanded the Huron, observing that Heyward hesitated in his desire to end the enumeration of benefits with that which might form the climax of an Indian's wishes.

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Marianne assented most feelingly to the remark; and her mother was led by it to an enumeration of Colonel Brandon's injuries and merits, warm as friendship and design could unitedly dictate.

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THE three last numbers of this paper have been dedicated to an enumeration of the dangers to which we should be exposed, in a state of disunion, from the arms and arts of foreign nations.

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Edmond preserved the most admirable self-command, not suffering the faintest indication of a smile to escape him at the enumeration of all the benefits he would have reaped had he been able to quit the island; but as The Young Amelia had merely come to Monte Cristo to fetch him away, he embarked that same evening, and proceeded with the captain to Leghorn.

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Collins expected the scene to inspire, and was but slightly affected by his enumeration of the windows in front of the house, and his relation of what the glazing altogether had originally cost Sir Lewis de Bourgh.

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