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enumerate

/ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/US/ɪˈn(j)u.məˌɹeɪt/

enumerate verb: to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.

Verb

enumerate (third-person singular simple present enumerates, present participle enumerating, simple past and past participle enumerated)

  1. To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
  2. To determine the amount of.
    Synonyms:
    number

Adjective

enumerate (comparative more enumerate, superlative most enumerate)

  1. (obsolete, participle) Enumerated.
    • So many scandals as are enumerate in the Ordinance.1646, George Gillespie, Male Audis

enumerate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

enumerate in Tamil

எண்ணிக்கை யிடு, எண்ணிக்கையிடு, கணக்கிடு, பட்டியலிடு, ஒன்றன்பின் ஒன்றாக எண்ணிடுதல், தனித்தனியே குறித்துரைத்தல்

enumerate in Urdu

گننا, شمار کرنا

enumerate in Bengali

বিস্তারিতভাবে উল্লেখ করা

enumerate in Malayalam

എണ്ണിയെണ്ണിപ്പറയുക, എണ്ണുക
More languagesFewer languages
enumerate in Kannada
ಎಣಿಸು
enumerate in Arabic
أَحْصَى ʔaḥṣā

Examples of enumerate in a sentence

  • We said, at the time, that it was very enumerated relief .
  • The invertebrae are usually forbidden, the only exceptions being several types of locusts enumerated in the Torah.
  • Lenin also enumerates the faults of Trotsky, Pyatakov, Zinovyev, and Kamenev, and criticizes Bukharin for un-Marxist views.

All 24 example sentences with enumerate

Synonyms of enumerate

Forms of enumerate

Verb
third-person singular presentenumerates
present participleenumerating
past participleenumerated
pastenumerated
Adjective
comparativemore enumerate
superlativemost enumerate

Past tense of enumerate: enumerated

Origin of enumerate

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.

Words formed from enumerate

Questions about enumerate

What does enumerate mean?
Enumerate means to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
What is enumerate in Tamil?
Enumerate in Tamil is எண்ணிக்கை யிடு, எண்ணிக்கையிடு, கணக்கிடு. See Enumerate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is enumerate?
Enumerate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce enumerate?
Enumerate is pronounced /ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of enumerate?
The past tense of enumerate is enumerated.

Words near enumerate in the dictionary

  1. Enumclaw
  2. enumerabilities
  3. enumerability
  4. enumerable
  5. enumerably
  6. enumerate
  7. enumerated
  8. enumerated articles
  9. enumerated right
  10. enumerated rights
  11. enumerates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: enumerate (page history and authors); enumerate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enumerate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Enumerate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enumerate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enumerate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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