enumeration.

The listing or counting of individual items.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• enumeration of cases
• complete enumeration

On the page

Enumeration of the cases revealed two repeated identifiers.

The claim of complete enumeration was checked against the source register.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: explicit explanation, scope and categorization, proof and interpretation, philosophical foundations. Disciplines: academic writing, formal reasoning, philosophy. Commonness: moderately common.