ə̇ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən, (ˌ)ēˌ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin enumeration-, enumeratio, from enumeratus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the act of listing one after the other : detailing
the rebel leader's effective enumeration of popular grievances
: the act of mentioning as an item in a total or series
not so entwined with the government as to warrant enumeration as a separate element of the constitutional system — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink
b. : an itemized list or detailed or seriatim account : catalog
the modern way to learn English … is to absorb a phrase-by-phrase enumeration of all that might be conceivably said in ordinary talk — J.M.Barzun
a careful enumeration of the circumstances that led to the tragedy
the author provides complete enumerations … of the opinions of Cartesian scholars on disputed questions of interpretation — W.F.Doney
2.
a. : the act of counting : numbering
as the faculty of speech developed … the art of enumeration or counting would begin — J.A.N.Friend
b. : a count of something (as a population) : census
the decennial enumeration is only one of the many censuses it conducts — Current Biography
3. logic : examination of the instances falling under a universal
total enumeration in perfect induction