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e·nu·mer·ate  (-nm-rt, -ny-)

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.

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

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e·numer·ation n.

e·numer·ative (-m-rtv, -mr--) adj.

e·numer·ator n.

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enumerator [ɪˈnjuːməˌreɪtə]

n

1. a person or thing that enumerates

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Canadian a person who compiles the voting list for an area

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a person who issues and retrieves forms during a census of population

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enumerator - someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes census taker functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office