MEANING
to list items individually or specify their number
Use it for
Words that belong together
- enumerate the reasons
- enumerate the cases
- enumerate the conditions
On the page
The chapter enumerates the conditions for a valid comparison.
Rather than analyze the causes, the report merely enumerates them.
The schedule enumerates every eligible household.
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Related words
Word forms
- Base
- enumerate / enumerates
- Past tense
- enumerated
- Past participle
- enumerated
- Present participle
- enumerating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- enumerate / enumerates
- Present continuous
- am/is/are enumerating
- Present perfect
- have/has enumerated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been enumerating
- Past
- enumerated
- Past continuous
- was/were enumerating
- Past perfect
- had enumerated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been enumerating
- Future
- will enumerate / enumerates
- Future continuous
- will be enumerating
- Future perfect
- will have enumerated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been enumerating
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Usage notes
Primary curation section: Academic. More systematic than mentioning examples; enumeration alone does not analyze the listed items. enumerate; enumerates; enumerated; enumerated; enumerating. Related noun: enumeration.
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