What does "enumerated" mean?
simple past and past participle of enumerate
Enumerated
adj, verb
adj, verb ·5 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: simple past and past participle of enumerate
- Grammar: enumerated is listed as adj, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: catalog, chartered company rule, code, computed.
- Useful contrasts: unnumbered form, unnumbered list, unnumbered sections.
- Usage evidence: On the paper she had enumerated the do's and don'ts for him.
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of enumerate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Specified (especially when fully specified) by an enumeration or list of steps, parts, values, amounts, etc.;
"Washington sided with Hamilton and the result was that an incidental or "implied" power was created that exceeded in size and scope the very enumerated power it was to implement!"
- 2 Specified (especially when fully specified) by an enumeration or list of steps, parts, values, amounts, etc.;; Defined to consist of a specified list of possible values.
"Enumerated types make your code easy to modify."
- 3 Having been included or listed in an enumeration of possibilities.
"Sugar was originally an enumerated commodity which could be exported only to Great Britain."
- 4 Having been included or listed in an enumeration of possibilities.; Having one of the possible values specified in advance for a type defined by an enumeration.
"Continuing the analogy, just as the numeric constant Math.PI can be assigned to a variable of its type (i.e., double), an enumerated constant can be assigned to a variable of its type (e.g. Team)."
- 5 Having been specified by a precise numeric value.
"London, with an enumerated population of 3,814,571, showed the deaths from all causes to be 81,832, being an average of 21.5."
Synonyms
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Example
"On the paper she had enumerated the do's and don'ts for him."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "enumerated"?
Common synonyms include: catalog, chartered company rule, code, computed, counted, counted results.
How do you use "enumerated" in a sentence?
On the paper she had enumerated the do's and don'ts for him.