ENUMERATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does enumerate mean?
• ENUMERATE (verb)
The verb ENUMERATE has 2 senses:
1. specify individually
2. determine the number or amount of
Familiarity information: ENUMERATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ENUMERATE (verb)
Meaning:
Specify individually
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
enumerate; itemize; itemise; recite
Context examples:
She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered / The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug
Hypernyms (to "enumerate" is one way to...):
identify; name (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enumerate"):
list; name (give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Determine the number or amount of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
count; numerate; enumerate; number
Context examples:
Can you count the books on your shelf? / Count your change
Hypernyms (to "enumerate" is one way to...):
ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enumerate"):
recount (count again)
miscount (count wrongly)
census (conduct a census)
add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up (determine the sum of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
