Enumerate
[ɪ'njuːməreɪt] or [ɪ'numəret]
Definition
(verb.) specify individually; 'She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered'; 'The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug'.
Checker: Rupert--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Reckon, compute, count, number, tell, cite, recount, numerate, call over, relate in detail, mention one by one.
Edited by Antony
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Specify, name, number, recount, detail, reckon, compute, calculate, call_over
ANT:Confound, Miscount, misreckon
Checker: Rupert
Definition
v.t. to count the number of: to name over.—n. Enumerā′tion act of numbering: a detailed account: a summing up.—adj. Enū′merative.—n. Enū′merator one who enumerates.
Checker: Shelia
Examples
- If you were asked to enumerate the different kinds of clerical work performed in the modern business office, you would probably fail to mention the writing of names. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But to enumerate the industrial arts to which air and other pneumatic machines have been adapted would be to catalogue them all. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Amongst the kind brownie's gifts left in my desk, I forgot to enumerate many a paper of chocolate comfits. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- To enumerate all the inventions of the century would be like calling up a vast army of men and proclaiming the name of each. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And now you shall repay me what you borrowed; and I will enumerate the rewards of justice in life and after death. Plato. The Republic.
- It would be impossible and uninteresting in a work of this character to enumerate the mechanical details constituting the improvements of the century in paper-making machinery of all kinds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It would be a much longer list to enumerate the various objects made of glass unknown or not in common use in former generations. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- All these, and many more useful arts, too many to be enumerated here, wholly depend upon the aforesaid sciences, namely, arithmetic and geometry. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In the sixth chapter I enumerated the chief objections which might be justly urged against the views maintained in this volume. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Some of the more striking effects, may, however, be enumerated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The non-enumerated commodities could originally be exported to all parts of the world. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The remark being made to me in consequence of my being next him as we walked, I assented and enumerated its chief attractions. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nearly a hundred species of brushes might be enumerated, each having an especial construction for a particular use. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Altogether no less than ten genera are enumerated, which include species that imitate other butterflies. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was an animating subject, and Mrs. Bennet seemed incapable of fatigue while enumerating the advantages of the match. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The book of rates is extremely comprehensive, and enumerates a great variety of articles, many of them little used, and, therefore, not well known. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In conclusion, the article enumerates the chief characteristics of the Edison storage battery which fit it preeminently for transportation service, as follows: 1. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Knight, in his celebrated _Mechanical Dictionary_, enumerates 100 differently constructed pumps connected with the various arts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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