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 Words From

• non·e·nu·mer·at·ed adjective
• un·e·nu·mer·at·ed adjective
• well-e·nu·mer·at·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of enumerated¹

First recorded in 1650–60; 1970–75 enumerated fordef 3; enumerate ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; enumerate ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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

In that manner, the federal government has already accepted the interpretation that there are major disasters beyond those enumerated in the definition, “so they’ve already inherently accepted our argument,” said Jean Su, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity and the lead author of the petition.

From Los Angeles Times

Burke, appointed to the federal court by former President Donald Trump, called the Corporate Transparency Act “congressional overreach” and wrote that “the Corporate Transparency Act is unconstitutional because it cannot be justified as an exercise of Congress’ enumerated powers.”

From Seattle Times

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