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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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enumerate

(ɪˈnjuːməˌreɪt)

1. (tr) to mention separately or in order; name one by one; list

2. (tr) to determine the number of; count

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Canadian to compile or enter (a name or names) in a voting list for an area

[C17: from Latin ēnumerāre, from numerāre to count, reckon; see number]

eˈnumerable adj

eˌnumeraˈbility n

eˌnumerˈation n

eˈnumerative adj

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e•nu•mer•ate

(ɪˈnu məˌreɪt, ɪˈnyu-)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.

1. to name one by one: to enumerate the flaws in a plan.

2. to ascertain the number of.

3. Canadian. to enter (a person's name) in a list of eligible voters.

[1640–50; < Latin ēnumerātus=ē- e- + numer(us) number + -ātus -ate¹]

e•nu′mer•a•ble, adj.

e•nu`mer•a′tion, n.

e•nu′mer•a`tive (-məˌreɪ tɪv, -mər ə-) adj.

e•nu′mer•a`tor, n.

enumerate

Past participle: enumerated
Gerund: enumerating

Imperative
enumerate
enumerate

Present
I enumerate
you enumerate
he/she/it enumerates
we enumerate
you enumerate
they enumerate

Preterite
I enumerated
you enumerated
he/she/it enumerated
we enumerated
you enumerated
they enumerated

Present Continuous
I am enumerating
you are enumerating
he/she/it is enumerating
we are enumerating
you are enumerating
they are enumerating

Present Perfect
I have enumerated
you have enumerated
he/she/it has enumerated
we have enumerated
you have enumerated
they have enumerated

Past Continuous
I was enumerating
you were enumerating
he/she/it was enumerating
we were enumerating
you were enumerating
they were enumerating

Past Perfect
I had enumerated
you had enumerated
he/she/it had enumerated
we had enumerated
you had enumerated
they had enumerated

Future
I will enumerate
you will enumerate
he/she/it will enumerate
we will enumerate
you will enumerate
they will enumerate

Future Perfect
I will have enumerated
you will have enumerated
he/she/it will have enumerated
we will have enumerated
you will have enumerated
they will have enumerated

Future Continuous
I will be enumerating
you will be enumerating
he/she/it will be enumerating
we will be enumerating
you will be enumerating
they will be enumerating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been enumerating
you have been enumerating
he/she/it has been enumerating
we have been enumerating
you have been enumerating
they have been enumerating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been enumerating
you will have been enumerating
he/she/it will have been enumerating
we will have been enumerating
you will have been enumerating
they will have been enumerating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been enumerating
you had been enumerating
he/she/it had been enumerating
we had been enumerating
you had been enumerating
they had been enumerating

Conditional
I would enumerate
you would enumerate
he/she/it would enumerate
we would enumerate
you would enumerate
they would enumerate

Past Conditional
I would have enumerated
you would have enumerated
he/she/it would have enumerated
we would have enumerated
you would have enumerated
they would have enumerated

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Verb	1.	enumerate - specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" itemize, itemise, recite list, name - give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi" identify, name - give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
	2.	enumerate - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" count, numerate, number recount - count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" ascertain, determine, find out, find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" miscount - count wrongly census - conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest" add together, summate, tot, tot up, tote up, total, add up, sum, sum up, tally, add - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

enumerate

verb

1. list, tell, name, detail, relate, mention, quote, cite, specify, spell out, recount, recite, itemize, recapitulate She enumerated all the reasons why she wanted to leave him.

2. count, calculate, sum up, total, reckon, compute, add up, tally, number They enumerated the casualties.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

enumerate

verb

1. To name or specify one by one:

itemize, list, numerate, tick off.

2. To note (items) one by one so as to get a total:

count, number, numerate, reckon, tally, tell.

Translations

يُعَدِّدُ، يَسْرُدُ

listeopregne

telja upp

išskaičiavimasišskaičiuotiišvardijimasišvardyti

uzskaitīt

liste opp telle opp

saymak

列举枚举

enumerate

[ɪˈnjuːməreɪt] VT (= list) → enumerar

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

enumerate

[ɪˈnjuːməreɪt] vt → énumérer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

enumerate

vt → aufzählen

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

enumerate

[ɪˈnjuːməreɪt] vt → enumerare

enumerate

(iˈnjuːməreit) verb

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

eˌnumeˈration noun

enumerate

vt. enumerar, contar.

References in classic literature ?

Many other are the emoluments which arise from both these, but they are for the most part so obvious, that we shall not at present stay to enumerate them; especially since it occurs to us that the principal merit of both the prologue and the preface is that they be short.

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Had they attempted to enumerate the particular powers or means not necessary or proper for carrying the general powers into execution, the task would have been no less chimerical; and would have been liable to this further objection, that every defect in the enumeration would have been equivalent to a positive grant of authority.

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It would take a dozen pages to enumerate all the reproaches the historians address to him, based on their knowledge of what is good for humanity.

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They do much better who enumerate the different virtues as Georgias did, than those who thus define them; and as Sophocles speaks of a woman, we think of all persons, that their 'virtues should be applicable to their characters, for says he,

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And yet I fear there was more coldness than gentleness in the quiet tone of my reply:- 'I might offer many excuses that some would admit to be valid, but I will not attempt to enumerate them - '

Hitherto I had thought too much of myself, too little of him: now I forgot my own afflictions, and thought only of his; of the ardent affection so miserably wasted, the fond faith so cruelly betrayed, the - no, I will not attempt to enumerate his wrongs - but I hated his wife and my husband more intensely than ever, and not for my sake, but for his.

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Constitution enumerate the powers of the president and the Congress.

Ignoring the Constitution

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative, Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, decided to enumerate Afghan refugees living in Sindh particularly in Karachi.

UNHCR to rehabilitate street children, enumerate refugees

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative Ms Ruven Menikwela decided to enumerate Afghan Refugees living in Sindh particularly in Karachi.

UNHCR to rehabilitate street children in Karachi, enumerate Afghan nationals: Murad

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah in a meeting on Tuesday with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative Ms Ruven Menikwela decided to enumerate Afghan Refugees living in Sindh particularly in Karachi.

UNHCR to rehabilitate street children, enumerate Afghan nationals

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative Ruven Menikwela decided to enumerate Afghan refugees living in Sindh, particularly in Karachi.It was an introductory meeting of UNHCR Representative with the Sindh chief minister here at CM House.

Sindh govt, UNHCR to recount Afghan refugees in Karachi

The vice president said that Duterte's State of the Nation Address this year should enumerate the achievements and failures of the past two years.

'True state of the nation': Philippines worse since Duterte became president, says Alejano

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