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How to use enumeration in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Enumeration means the act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting. Example: “In Ada, enumeration literals are allowed to appear in more than one declaration in the same referencing environment.”

Examples of enumeration by meaning

nounA list; especially, a numbered list.

  • using the serial comma in enumerations

nounA 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.2010, Robert W. Sebesta, Concepts of Programming Languages, Addison-Wesley Longman, page 261

More sentences with enumeration

  • Exponential generating functions are generally more convenient than ordinary generating functions for combinatorial enumeration problems that involve labelled objects.From the entry exponential generating function
  • In this paper, we consider the problems of enumeration, counting, and random generation of the ladder lotteries.2015, Jianxin Wang, Chee Yap, Frontiers in Algorithmics: 9th International Workshop. From the entry ladder lottery
  • The varied enumeration of these Official titles is either fallacious or misnominal.1918, Problems in Historical Method and Source Analysis in the Antecedents to the Ides of March, 44 B.C.. From the entry misnominal
  • Misresponse, which might stem from a misunderstanding of census residence rules, can cause errors in determining both match status and correct enumeration status.2009, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Coverage…. From the entry misresponse
  • "So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 85. From the entry pot
  • Coetzee's use of enumeration and metaphor, image and voice have received some attention from the more linguistic minded of his commentators, most notably by Carrol Clarkson and Jarad Zimbler.2017, Arthur Rose, “Introduction”, in Literary Cynics: Borges, Beckett, Coetzee, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, pages 27-28. From the entry enantioseme
  • Specifically, after the 'premature enumeration' joke, complainant recounted a story about working in a bait shop, making fishing lures, and being promoted to a 'master baiter.'2004, Welle v. Evans (EEOC Federal Sector Decisions, 2004). From the entry master baiter
  • From the fact that no enumeration can exhaust all sets of positive integers, Cantor infers that the set of all sets of positive integers is absolutely indenumerable.1963, Hao Wang, Provability, Computability and Reflection, Elsevier, page 563. From the entry indenumerable
  • They are chippings and basketings of maxims and quotations, and of anecdotes, often classical, put together inductively, or rather by "simple enumeration" of the pros and cons.1910, Hugh Chisholm, The Encyclopaedia Britannica (page 627). From the entry basketing

Meaning of enumeration

  1. noun The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
  2. noun A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
  3. noun A list; especially, a numbered list.

Full definition of enumeration

Questions about enumeration in a sentence

How do you use enumeration in a sentence?
Enumeration is used as a noun. For example: “In Ada, enumeration literals are allowed to appear in more than one declaration in the same referencing environment.”
What is a short sentence with enumeration?
“using the serial comma in enumerations”
What does enumeration mean?
Enumeration means the act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

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