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   enumerate

   /ɪˈnjuːməreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. mention (a number of things) one by one: "there is not space to enumerate all his works" Similar listitemizecatalogueset outset forthgivecitenamementionspecifyidentifyspell outdetailparticularizesummarizerecountreciterehearserecapitulatequoterelaterun throughreel offrattle offcheck offtick off
   • ▪ establish the number of: "6,079 residents were enumerated in 241 establishments" Similar calculatecomputecountadd upsum uptallytotalnumberput a figure onquantifyreckonfigure upwork outtot uparchaic:tell

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin enumerat- ‘counted out’, from the verb enumerare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + numerus ‘number’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. enumerative adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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