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🔢 To list one by one 💻 To pair with index
to enumerate

to enumerate

1 7.2
To pair each item with its number in a list
  • verb
  • /ɪˈnjuːməˌreɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : enumerar
  • While this design prevents a user from enumerating the daemon's private database, it does not ensure the privacy of users' queries.
  • enumerated powers

So you you read N beats, you enumerate all the programs that produce these N beats in their output.

Examples

  • We'll start, though, with how do you enumerate all the elements in a set?

  • It's just described by an S matrix which we can enumerate channel by channel.

  • Otherwise, a custom action could enumerate the subkeys and display them somehow.

    Blog text (21)

  • Tires were moved to the side and stacked according to size; rubber belts and oil cans were enumerated and tagged.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The act also enumerated the justices' fees for adjudicating small disputes (sixpence for a summons, for example).

    Academic text (2009)

  • In Python, you can enumerate a list to get both the index and the value of each element.

  • To effectively manage the inventory, please enumerate all items along with their quantities.

  • The teacher will enumerate the rules of the game to ensure everyone understands how to play.

Antonyms

to omit
66 3.4

Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident

How Detailed

to catalog
  • US
23 3.9
to itemize
  • US
22 4.1
to enumerate
  • Specialized
1 7.2
list
∞ 1.0
to mention
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

enumerate infinitive
enumerated past
enumerated past participle
enumerating present participle
enumerates third person singular

Morphology

enumerate = numerate (transparent) = e + numer + ate

The programming sense is a direct application of 'to list or give indices to items', so the morphological relation to 'numerate'/'number' is clear.

Etymology

Enumerate comes from the Latin root numerare, meaning 'to count', just like the word number, and the idea is to give things a number. In programming, to enumerate is like giving each item a 'position' or number so you can see and use its place in a list.