enumeration
enumeration Lexical Profile
enumeration Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action of mentioning a number of things one by one, or an itemized list produced by such an action.
"The report concluded with a detailed enumeration of the environmental risks associated with the proposed construction."
The process of establishing the exact number of something, such as counting residents during an official population census.
"Accurate enumeration of the rural population proved challenging due to the remote terrain."
In computer programming, a user-defined data type consisting of a fixed set of named constant values.
"Using an enumeration for the days of the week makes the source code much easier to read and maintain."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 15th century from Latin enumeratio ('a counting up'), from enumerare ('to count out or reckon'), formed from ex- ('out') and numerare ('to count or number').