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enumerative

enumerative adjective: of, pertaining to or based on enumeration.

Adjective

enumerative (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
    • After all, “physical object” hardly provides the clearly demarcated enumerative conditions that the sortal dependency thesis seems to require.2008 January 8, John E. Sarnecki, “Sortals for Dummies”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI

Origin of enumerative

From enumerate + -ive.

Words formed from enumerative

Phrases with enumerative

Questions about enumerative

What does enumerative mean?
Enumerative means of, pertaining to or based on enumeration.
What part of speech is enumerative?
Enumerative is an adjective.

Words near enumerative in the dictionary

  1. enumerateth
  2. enumerating
  3. enumeration
  4. enumeration comma
  5. enumerations
  6. enumerative
  7. enumerative definition
  8. enumerative definitions
  9. enumeratively
  10. enumerator
  11. enumerators

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