enumeration

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

noun

1. an act of enumerating.
2. a catalog or list.

Other Words From

• pree·numer·ation noun
• ree·numer·ation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of enumeration¹

First recorded in 1545–55, enumeration is from the Latin word ēnumerātiōn- (stem of ēnumerātiō ). See enumerate, -ion

Example Sentences

We have better statistical models at our disposal now, better things we can use to get a more accurate enumeration of the population.

From Salon

Yet there have been originalist arguments that we can't use those because the Constitution understood an actual enumeration to mean not actually counting the number of people and getting an accurate number, but going one by one, not using statistical models.

From Salon

Lacking Spotify, they decided to pass the time by undertaking “an enumeration and actual count” of road-killed animals—a battered weasel here, a flattened garter snake there.

From Slate

The puzzle in Section 3 is that it seems as if the framers of that text were just sloppy in their enumeration.

From Slate

There’s something oddly compelling about seeing a neat, orderly enumeration of your ethical values—the Moral Machine is much quicker at computing those supposed values than was the college roommate you stayed up all night with discussing the sticking points of utilitarianism.

From Slate