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enumerate

list individually / count / itemize
Transitive Verb
ing: enumerating

This term carries a clinical, precise connotation, suggesting a systematic and exhaustive approach to listing or counting. It is most frequently encountered in formal, technical, or legal documentation where accuracy and completeness are paramount, rather than in casual conversation. While it shares a relationship with counting, it specifically emphasizes the act of naming or identifying each single item in a sequence. This distinguishes it from general summation, as the focus is on the individual components of the total.

Meanings

Transitive Verb
[~ something]

To mention a number of things one by one in a list.

"The report enumerates the various reasons for the project's failure."

Transitive Verb
[~ something]

To establish the number of a group of items by counting them individually.

"The census officials worked to enumerate every household in the district."

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