Adjacent Words

Enumerate definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENU'MERATE, v.t. [L. enumero; e and numero,numerus,number.]
To count or tell, number by number; to reckon or mention a number of things, each separately; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation; to enumerate particular acts of kindness; we cannot enumerate our daily mercies.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" [syn: enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise]
2: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin enumeratus, past participle of enumerare, from e- + numerare to count, from numerus number Date: 1616 1. to ascertain the number of ; count 2. to specify one after another ; list • enumeration noun • enumerative adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 specify (items); mention one by one. 2 count; establish the number of. Derivatives: enumerable adj. enumeration n. enumerative adj. Etymology: L enumerare (as E-, NUMBER)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Enumerate E*nu"mer*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enumerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enumerating.] [L. enumeratus, p. p. of enumerare to count out, enumerate; e out + numerare to count, fr. numerus number. See Number.] 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. Enumerating the services he had done. --Ludlow. Syn: To reckon; compute; calculate; count; estimate; relate; rehearse; recapitulate; detail.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(enumerates, enumerating, enumerated) When you enumerate a list of things, you name each one in turn. I enumerate the work that will have to be done. = itemize VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Reckon, compute, count, number, tell, cite, recount, numerate, call over, relate in detail, mention one by one, specify.

Moby Thesaurus

block out, book, calendar, call off, call over, call the roll, catalog, census, count, detail, enroll, enter, file, foliate, identify, impanel, index, inventory, itemize, keep score, list, measure, mention, number, numerate, outline, page, paginate, parse, particularize, pigeonhole, poll, post, program, quantify, quantize, recite, recount, register, relate, resolve, run over, scan, schedule, schematize, score, specialize, specify, tabulate, tale, tally, tell, tell off, tick off