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🔢 Able to be counted 📋 Able to be listed
enumerable

enumerable

7.3
Can be counted one by one
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈnjuːmərəbl/
translation icon : enumerable
  • Only enumerable risks were included in the insurance policy assessment.

Examples

  • The list of items is enumerable.

  • In mathematics, a set is enumerable if its elements can be matched one-to-one with the natural numbers.

  • The collection is enumerable and contains exactly one hundred artifacts.

  • In mathematics, a set is enumerable if it can be counted.

  • The teacher provided an enumerable list of all the students' names for the attendance sheet.

  • You can create an enumerable collection of items to easily display them in a list format.

  • The report detailed enumerable instances of wildlife sightings in the national park.

Synonyms

countable
vsenumerable
1 2.9

Present as separate things you can number, like an apple or a book

is more general and states ability to be counted not item detail
numerable
vsenumerable
6.2

Can be counted, like people or objects

is an identical term used as an alternative label for the same concept
denumerable
vsenumerable
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of things that can be counted in a list like 1, 2, 3

is the general term not limited to mathematical or technical use

Antonyms

uncountable
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A set of items that is too large to list one by one

Surface Forms

enumerable positive

Morphology

enumerable = enumerate (transparent) = enumer + able

The word 'enumerable' is transparently derived from 'enumerate' with the suffix '-able', indicating capability.

Etymology

Enumerable comes from the Latin enumerare, which means 'to count out' and shares the same root as number. So something enumerable is 'able to be counted', which is why we use it for things you can count.