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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary enu·mer·ate (-at·ed ; -at·ing) ETYMOLOGY Latin enumeratus, past participle of enumerare,from e- + numerare to count, from numerus number DATE 1616 1. to ascertain the number of : count 2. to specify one after another : list English Etymology enumerate 1640s, from L. enumerat-, pp. stem of enumerare (see enumeration). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 enumerate enu·mer·ate / i5nju:mEreit; NAmE i5nu:- / verb[VN] (formal) to name things on a list one by one 列举；枚举 • enu·mer·ation / i7nju:mE5reiFn; NAmE i7nu:- / noun [U, C] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged enu·mer·ate \ə̇ˈn(y)üməˌrāt, ēˈ-, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin enumeratus, past participle of enumerare, from e- + numerare to count, from numerus number — more at nimble 1. : to ascertain the number of : count < more gulls than I could enumerate — E.A.Weeks > < the census … enumerated 247,450 persons of Hungarian birth — L.M.Sears > < the bank enumerated 57 overseas offices in addition to 71 New York branches — Investor's Reader > specifically : to make a census of the population of < the population in 1820 when Mississippi was first enumerated as a state — U.S. Census > 2. : to relate one after another : list , specify < it is not necessary to enumerate all the bitter and factious disputes which marked this unhappy quarter century — B.K.Sandwell > < enumerated the advantages of his new position > < enumerated the necessary qualities of a good general — Eric Linklater > < the enumerated and implied powers of Congress > < the circumstances may be roughly enumerated as follows — G.G.Coulton > Synonyms: see count |
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