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ENUMERATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Specify individually

Example:

The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug

Synonyms:

enumerate; itemise; itemize; recite

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

Derivation:

enumeration (a numbered list)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Determine the number or amount of

Example:

Count your change

Synonyms:

count; enumerate; number; numerate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

Derivation:

enumeration (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

enumerator (someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Elizabeth, still more affected, was earnest and solemn in her reply; and at length, by repeated assurances that Mr. Darcy was really the object of her choice, by explaining the gradual change which her estimation of him had undergone, relating her absolute certainty that his affection was not the work of a day, but had stood the test of many months' suspense, and enumerating with energy all his good qualities, she did conquer her father's incredulity, and reconcile him to the match.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)