Meanings
present singular third person enumerates · participle present enumerating · participle past enumerated · past enumerated
- To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
comparative more enumerate · superlative most enumerate
- obsoleteparticipleEnumerated.
So many scandals as are enumerate in the Ordinance.
1646, George Gillespie, Male Audis
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo determine the amount of.
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Origin
- Latinenumerātus
- Englishenumerate
First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَحْصَى
- أَحْصَى (ʔaḥṣā)to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
Bulgarian изброя́вам
- изброя́вам (izbrojávam)to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
Chinese Mandarin 枚举, 列举
- 枚举 (méijǔ)to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
- 列举 (lièjǔ)to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
Czech vyjmenovat
- vyjmenovatto specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
Dutch uittellen, opsommen
- uittellento specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
- opsommento determine the amount of
- enumererento determine the amount of
- uittellento determine the amount of
Finnish luetella
- luetellato specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
French énumérer, dénombrer
- énumérerto specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
- dénombrerto determine the amount of
German aufzählen
- aufzählento specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
Greek απαριθμώ
- απαριθμώ (aparithmó)to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
Hungarian felsorol, megszámol
- felsorolto specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
- megszámolto determine the amount of
- számlálto determine the amount of
Japanese 列挙する, 数える
- 列挙する (rekkyo-suru)to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
- 数える (kazoeru)to determine the amount of
Norwegian Bokmål tallfeste
- tallfesteto determine the amount of
Polish policzyć, odliczyć
- policzyćto specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
- odliczyćto determine the amount of
- odliczaćto determine the amount of
Portuguese enumerar, enumerar
- enumerarto specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
- enumerarto determine the amount of
Russian перечисля́ть, перечи́слить
- перечисля́ть (perečisljátʹ)to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
- перечи́слить (perečíslitʹ)to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
- пересчи́тывать (peresčítyvatʹ)to determine the amount of
- пересчита́ть (peresčitátʹ)to determine the amount of
Spanish enumerar
- enumerarto specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order
Cite this entry
enumerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enumerate
“enumerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enumerate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enumerate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enumerate.
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