enumerate
pronunciation
How to pronounce enumerate in British English:
UK [ɪˈnjuːməreɪt]
How to pronounce enumerate in American English:
US [ɪˈnuːməreɪt]
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- Verb:
- specify individually
- determine the number or amount of
Word Origin
- enumerate
- enumerate: see number
- enumerate (v.)
- 1640s, from or modeled on Latin enumeratus, past participle of enumerare (see enumeration). Middle English had annumerate (early 15c.). Related: Enumerated; enumerating.
Example
- 1. My parents are former hippies who never bothered to enumerate house rules .
- 2. Why , even the processes by which the lacquer is made a beautiful yellow involves the skills of more persons than one can enumerate !
- 3. He did , however , enumerate ways in which policy makers are seeking to make the system work better , whether by tightening capital requirements , or ring fencing investment banking arms off from retail subsidiaries .
- 4. Not that I know exactly what you should do , but I think what you shouldnotdo is have a class and just enumerate the 23 patterns .
- 5. Don 't ask me to begin to enumerate the pros and cons , although it seems clear that most of them do things with music that it would have been hard for most of us to imagine 10 years ago .