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enumerate

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɪˈn(j)u.məˌɹeɪt/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 N UW1 M ER0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Enumerated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, participle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To determine the amount of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

specify individually

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered
  • The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recite, itemize, itemise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: name, identify

Narrower terms: list, name

5

verb

Meaning 5

determine the number or amount of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Can you count the books on your shelf?
  • Count your change

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: count, number, numerate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: determine, find, find out, ascertain

Narrower terms: recount, miscount, census, total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up

History

Etymology

First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَحْصَى (ʔaḥṣā) — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Azerbaijani: sadalamaq — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Bulgarian: изброя́вам (izbrojávam) — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Chinese Mandarin: 枚举 (méijǔ) — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Chinese Mandarin: 列举 (lièjǔ) — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Czech: vyjmenovat — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Dutch: uittellen — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Finnish: luetella — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • French: énumérer — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Galician: enumerar — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • German: aufzählen — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Greek: απαριθμώ (aparithmó) — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Hungarian: felsorol — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Ido: enumerar — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Ingrian: luetella — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Japanese: 列挙する (rekkyo-suru) — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Polish: policzyć — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Portuguese: enumerar — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Russian: перечисля́ть (perečisljátʹ) — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Russian: перечи́слить (perečíslitʹ) — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Serbo-Croatian: nabrojati — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Spanish: enumerar — to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
  • Dutch: opsommen — to determine the amount of
  • Dutch: enumereren — to determine the amount of
  • Dutch: uittellen — to determine the amount of
  • French: dénombrer — to determine the amount of
  • Galician: enumerar — to determine the amount of
  • Hungarian: megszámol — to determine the amount of
  • Hungarian: számlál — to determine the amount of
  • Ido: enumerar — to determine the amount of
  • Japanese: 数える (kazoeru) — to determine the amount of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tallfeste — to determine the amount of
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: talfeste — to determine the amount of
  • Polish: odliczyć — to determine the amount of
  • Polish: odliczać — to determine the amount of
  • Portuguese: enumerar — to determine the amount of
  • Russian: пересчи́тывать (peresčítyvatʹ) — to determine the amount of
  • Russian: пересчита́ть (peresčitátʹ) — to determine the amount of
  • Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (spr) — to determine the amount of
Real reading context

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