Enumeration
[ɪ,njuːmə'reɪʃən] or [ɪ,njʊmə'reʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
(n.) A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
(n.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Numbering, computation, citation, mention, detailed account.[2]. (Rhet.) Recapitulation, summing-up.
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Examples
- It is needless in my opinion to illustrate this argument by the enumeration of particulars. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- That the case is the same with all our simple impressions and ideas, it is impossible to prove by a particular enumeration of them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The use of the thermometer in recording the progress of fevers is also a valuable modern application, and the list of instruments and small tools is beyond enumeration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Space will not permit the enumeration of the vast variety of processes and machines for coating and gilding that have since followed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Spare us the enumeration! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Little Em'ly had stopped and looked up at the sky in her enumeration of these articles, as if they were a glorious vision. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A detailed description of all its machinery would fill a volume, but we must now limit ourselves to a bare enumeration of some of the most remarkable features. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In a broader enumeration, under the head of _Hydraulic Engineering and Engineering Devices_, he gives a list of over 600 species. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The world are too well acquainted with the events of his political career to require, at this time, a particular enumeration of them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The Roll of Inventions too Vast for Enumeration. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This short enumeration will serve to indicate the different roads along which inventions and the discoveries of science progress. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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