[syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enumeration \E*nu`mer*a"tion\, n. [L. enumeratio: cf. F.
['e]num['e]ration.]
1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or
recounting.
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2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially
noticed.
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Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we
leave them out of our enumeration. --Paley.
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3. (Rhet.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads
of an argument.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
enumeration
n 1: a numbered list [syn: enumeration, numbering]
2: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order;
"the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count,
counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning,
tally]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
enumeration
1. A bijection with the natural numbers; a
counted set.
Compare well-ordered.
2. enumerated type.
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