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Definitions: Enumeration |
EnumerationNoun1. A numbered list. 2. The act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "enumeration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Enumeration 1. |
Census | The process of interviewing people and recording the information on census forms. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | In a forest, the counting of one or more species, generally above a specified size limit, and their classification by size, condition, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | The act of counting; the count of something(as a population). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EnumerationSynonyms: count (n), counting (n), numbering (n), numeration (n), reckoning (n), tally (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Numeration | Noun: numeration; numbering; Verb: pagination; tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy; measurement; statistics. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 4: No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment IX. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2013 | The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The preparation and transmission to the marshals of those instructions required more time than was then allowed between the passage of the law and the day when the enumeration was to commence. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | A concise enumeration of the principles which will guide me in the administrative policy of the Government is not only in accordance with the examples set me by all my predecessors, but is eminently befitting the occasion. |
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| "Enumeration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.41% of the time. "Enumeration" is used about 109 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.41% | 104 | 31,955 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.59% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 109 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "enumeration". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Timnath | N/A | Biblical | Enumeration |
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Expressions using "enumeration": enumeration area ♦ enumeration district ♦ enumeration survey ♦ exhaustive enumeration ♦ type of enumeration area. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "enumeration": post-enumeration, pre-enumeration, under-enumeration. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
enumeration | 17 |
enumeration java | 6 |
directory during enumeration error occurred | 6 |
enumeration java vector | 5 |
district enumeration | 4 |
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census district enumeration | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "enumeration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | renditje (collocation, consecution, disposition, order, ordering), numërim (counting, numbering, numeration, recapitulation, reckoning, rehearsal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قائمة (calendar, catalogue, docket, index, list, listing, manifest, register, roll, roster, schedule, scroll, table), حساب (account, calculation, computation, counting, reckoning, tab, tally), تعداد (listing), سرد (dress rehearsal, enumerate, narrative, recital, recitation, recite, record, recount, rehearsal, relation, retail), عد (calculate, commit oneself, conceive, count, count smb., enumerate, number, tally, tell, think out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | списък (beadledom, bill, calendar, catalogue, docket, index, list, roll, roster, rota, schedule, scroll, table), изброяване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 列举 (Enumerate, Enumerated, Enumerating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyèíslení, výpoèet (calculation), výèet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | taelling af bakterier (counting), tælling (census, count, inquiry), skovinventering (assessment, cruise, enumeration survey, inventory, tally, timber cruise, valuation survey), optælling (census, count), folketælling (census, count). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | volkstelling (census, count), telling (census, computation, count, counting), opsomming (summary), houtvoorraadopname (enumeration survey, inventory, tally, valuation survey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puunluku (enumeration survey, inventory, tally, valuation survey), puiden lukeminen (enumeration survey, inventory, tally, valuation survey), pesäkelaskenta (counting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dénombrement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aufzählung (bill, numeration, recital, rehearsal, specification), Zählung (calculation, censoring, census, computation, count, reckoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απαρίθμηση (census, count, recitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שיאת ראש. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felsorolás (assignment, capitulation, listing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | enumerazione (computation, count, numeration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 羅列 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | まいきょ, れっきょ (list), られつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enumerationay enumerar (count, numerate, recital, recite), enumeração (enumeration survey, enunciate, inventory, tally, valuation survey), recenseamento (census, count, population census), inventário estatístico (enumeration survey, inventory, tally, valuation survey), inventário (enumeration survey, inventory, list, schedule, scroll, stocktaking, tally, valuation survey), contagem (canvass, count, counting, score), censo (census, count). (various references) enumerare (panel), înşirare (sequence, stringing, succession). (various references) перечисление (citation). (various references) nabrajanje (list, listing, numbering). (various references) enumeración (rehearsal). (various references) uppräkning (listing), stamräkning (enumeration survey, inventory, tally, valuation survey), räkning (account, bill, billing, calculation, cast, count, counting, invoice, reckoning, score, tally). (various references) การแจกแจง. (various references) sayım listesi, sayım (census, counting), döküm (cast, casting, fall, molding, moulding, pourable, pouring, smelting). (various references) підсумовування (summation, totalization), підрахунок (calculation, computation, compute, count, counting, estimation), перелік (calendar, capitulation, catalogue, citation, nomenclature). (various references) sự liệt kê bản liệt kê, sự kể, sự đếm (reckoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "enumeration": enumerations. (additional references) | |
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"Enumeration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ennubelation, ennumeratio, enumaration, enumberation, enumeratio, renumeration, renumeratoin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "enumeration" (pronounced unuw'merā"shun) |
| 6 | -m er ā" sh u n | admiration, agglomeration, commemoration, conglomeration. |
| 5 | -er ā" sh u n | aberration, acceleration, adoration, alteration, amelioration, aspiration, cogeneration, collaboration, coloration, confederation, configuration, consideration, cooperation, corporation, corroboration, deceleration, declaration, decoration, degeneration, deliberation, desperation, discoloration, elaboration, evaporation, exaggeration, exasperation, exhilaration, exoneration, expiration, exploration, federation, figuration, generation, inauguration, incarceration, incorporation, inspiration, laceration, liberation, maturation, moderation, nonproliferation, operation, perforation, perspiration, preparation, proliferation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, recuperation, redecoration, refrigeration, regeneration, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, reparation, respiration, restoration, reverberation, saturation, separation, toleration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abomination, abrogation, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, altercation, amalgamation, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogitation, cohabitation, collectivization, colonization, colorization, combination, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, coordination, coronation, correlation, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, decentralization, decertification, decontamination, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evocation, exacerbation, examination, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhortation, exhumation, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, explanation, explication, exploitation, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, incantation, incapacitation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfirmation, recreation, recrimination, rectification, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refutation, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reinterpretation, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mountaineer. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-m-n-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: enantiomer, innumerate, numeration, renominate. | |
-2 letters: inurement, mentioner, nanometer. | |
-3 letters: anointer, antimere, mountain, mutineer, neutrino, nominate, numerate, ornament, reanoint, remanent, routeman, routemen, ruminant, ruminate, trainmen, unornate. | |
-4 letters: amniote, anemone, aneurin, arenite, automen, emerita, eminent, emirate, enamine, enamour, enation, enteron, entrain, etamine, interne, intoner, manitou, mannite, matinee, meatier, mention, minaret, minuter, moneran, montane, moraine, mounter, muriate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-m-n-n-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: enumerations, mountaineers, remuneration. | |
+2 letters: remunerations. | |
+3 letters: incommensurate, mountaineering, neuroanatomies, outmaneuvering. | |
+4 letters: importunateness, mountaineerings, mountebankeries, undemonstrative, underestimation. | |
+5 letters: intercommunicate, neurotransmitter, nondocumentaries, pronunciamentoes, underestimations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 75 6D 65 72 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. ..- -- . .-. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01110101 01101101 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n u m e r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0075 006D 0065 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3980877971846786758180 |
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