enumerated
Americanadjective
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named or listed one by one, as if in counting.
I couldn’t remember any of the rapidly enumerated salad dressing options, and just told the waiter to surprise me.
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counted systematically, as in a census, inventory, etc..
The enumerated population of Manitoba increased 5.2 percent over the past five years.
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Computers. (of a data type) allowing only values selected from a limited set of named elements.
Assign an importance level to each record by creating an enumerated type with values such as “low,” “medium,” and “high.”
Months of the year are an enumerated data type.
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Chiefly Canadian. (of a voter) entered by name in an official register of eligible voters for an election.
In the last municipal election in Halifax, 58 percent of enumerated voters cast a ballot.
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Origin of enumerated
First recorded in 1650–60; 1970–75 enumerated for def. 3; enumerate ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; enumerate ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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Former federal prosecutor Jim Trusty enumerated to me in a recent podcast the more sensitive material that may be to come.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
“The Commission has not, to date, made a determination regarding whether any such contracts involve an activity enumerated or prohibited.”
From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025
There are 27 amendments, which have come in waves after the initial Bill of Rights defined and enumerated individual liberties.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025
“The basis for security revocations are specifically enumerated by ODNI.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2023
During a car trip to nearby Aurora, they “talked over the impossibility of our union....The reasons we both enumerated very calmly—and they seemed weighty indeed.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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