Definition of Enumerate

1. Verb. Specify individually. "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"

Exact synonyms: Itemise, Itemize, Recite
Specialized synonyms: List, Name
Generic synonyms: Identify, Name
Derivative terms: Enumeration, Item, Item, Item, Item, Itemisation, Item, Item, Item, Item, Item, Itemization

2. Verb. Determine the number or amount of. "They enumerate the money "; "Count your change"

Definition of Enumerate

1. v. t. To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.

Definition of Enumerate

1. Verb. To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order. ¹

2. Verb. To determine the amount of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enumerate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enumerate

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Literary usage of Enumerate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1901)
"When attempting to enumerate the multitude of advantages offered by this section we become lost and are forced to the conclusion that nature has located a ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"I can enumerate the following in my own neighbourhood (East Lancashire): Townsend- fold, Gregory Fold, Hartley feld, Phinehas-Fold, and Collinge Fold. ..."

3. The Century (1902)
"... a seventh (the new Lyceum) in Forty-fifth street east of Broadway; and an eighth in the Bowery. It would be an endless task to enumerate the ..."

4. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"The almost unanimous authority of elementary writers, of prize ordinances, and of treaties, agrees to enumerate among these all warlike instruments, ..."

5. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834)
"But it is unnecessary to enumerate them, when our situation as to ammunition absolutely forbids our sending a single ounce of it out of the camp at present. ..."

6. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1882)
"The Mayor very kindly placed at my disposal the Mansion House, and he has, by a thousand acts of consideration which it would be difficult to enumerate, ..."

7. Physical Geography by Arnold Guyot (1885)
"enumerate the topics discussed in the introductory section. ... enumerate the topics and sub-topics discussed in Section II. III. ..."

8. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1901)
"When attempting to enumerate the multitude of advantages offered by this section we become lost and are forced to the conclusion that nature has located a ..."

9. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"I can enumerate the following in my own neighbourhood (East Lancashire): Townsend- fold, Gregory Fold, Hartley feld, Phinehas-Fold, and Collinge Fold. ..."

10. The Century (1902)
"... a seventh (the new Lyceum) in Forty-fifth street east of Broadway; and an eighth in the Bowery. It would be an endless task to enumerate the ..."

11. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"The almost unanimous authority of elementary writers, of prize ordinances, and of treaties, agrees to enumerate among these all warlike instruments, ..."

12. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834)
"But it is unnecessary to enumerate them, when our situation as to ammunition absolutely forbids our sending a single ounce of it out of the camp at present. ..."

13. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1882)
"The Mayor very kindly placed at my disposal the Mansion House, and he has, by a thousand acts of consideration which it would be difficult to enumerate, ..."

14. Physical Geography by Arnold Guyot (1885)
"enumerate the topics discussed in the introductory section. ... enumerate the topics and sub-topics discussed in Section II. III. ..."

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