Enumeration

//ɪˌnjuːməˈɹeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
  2. 2
    the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order wordnet
  3. 3
    A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
  4. 4
    a numbered list wordnet
  5. 5
    A list; especially, a numbered list.

    "using the serial comma in enumerations"

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  1. 6
    A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
  2. 7
    A data type that allows variables to have any of a predefined set of values.

    "In Ada, enumeration literals are allowed to appear in more than one declaration in the same referencing environment."

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countingnumberingnumerationaccountaccountingactive list

Example

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"In 1778, it was calculated to be about ten millions; and, by an enumeration made in 1787, the population was ascertained to be 10,409,879; and Boetticher, in his Statistical Accounts, states the population at 11 millions."

Etymology

From Middle French énumeration (French énumération). By surface analysis, enumerate + -ion.

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