enumeration

See also: énumération

English

Etymology

From Middle French énumération.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

enumeration (plural enumerations)

1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
3. A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
4. (programming) A data type that allows variables to have any of a predefined set of values.

Synonyms

• (act of enumerating): numbering, telling; see also Thesaurus:counting
• (set of named constants): enum

Related terms

• enumerate

Translations

the act of enumerating

• Finnish: luettelu
• French: énumération (fr) f
• Irish: ríomh m
• Italian: enumerazione (it) f
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• Portuguese: enumeração (pt) f
• Russian: перечисле́ние (ru) n (perečislénije)
• Spanish: enumeración f
• Tagalog: sabilang

programming: kind of data type

• Finnish: luetelma
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