enumerated

[ih-noo-muh-rey-tid, ih-nyoo-]

adjective

1. 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.

2. counted systematically, as in a census, inventory, etc..

   The enumerated population of Manitoba increased 5.2 percent over the past five years.

3. 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.

4. 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.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of enumerate.

Other Word Forms

• nonenumerated adjective
• unenumerated adjective
• well-enumerated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of enumerated¹

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

There are 27 amendments, which have come in waves after the initial Bill of Rights defined and enumerated individual liberties.

From Los Angeles Times

He also enumerated his contributions to the Black community and rejected the idea that he is “hiding” to evade legal consequences.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a journalistic quality to the movie, which delivers a readily digestible summary of Beckett’s life, with all the important moments neatly enumerated.

From Los Angeles Times

He mocked scholars whom he said, “whined about Congress’s enumerated responsibility to declare war,” saying that they had ‘failed to describe reality.’

From Salon

No one can hold any of the offices enumerated in Section 3 without the power of the ballot.

From Salon

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