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

Former federal prosecutor Jim Trusty enumerated to me in a recent podcast the more sensitive material that may be to come.

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Not everyone may share in the authors’ nostalgia for the period—and the voluminously enumerated attractions of the World’s Fair.

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“The Commission has not, to date, made a determination regarding whether any such contracts involve an activity enumerated or prohibited.”

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The government of which they’re part is bound by laws, by a Constitution that is not only a document of enumerated laws but a mean, lean machine for preserving liberty.

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

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