enumerates

present tense third-person singular of enumerate
1
as in lists
to specify one after another I proceeded to enumerate the reasons why I would be justified in filing a lawsuit for negligence

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2
as in tells
to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added there were more birds hovering about the bird feeder than I could possibly enumerate

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3
as in itemizes
to make a list of let's enumerate the top ten reasons why Top Ten lists have gotten out of hand

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Recent Examples of enumerates Adler’s version, as elegant and lyrical as Fisher’s, enumerates ways to use every last scrap, bone, and core—and introduced her as a writer who made art out of the marginal. Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 Zuckerberg enumerates one of these very specifically, and in my view, this is one of the biggest contributions of this essay. John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enumerates
Verb
  • His resume lists educational roles in New Jersey and business ventures in Jamaica.
    Austin Horn June 16, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • The lawsuit lists four causes of action, including assault and battery against the city of Elk Grove; negligence against the city, the county and state, as well as civil rights violations.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The adaptation of Georgy Demidov’s eponymous novel, set in the Soviet Union in 1937 during Stalin’s Great Purge, tells the story of a young local prosecutor and dedicated communist who starts to question his undying faith in the regime.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
  • Neither tells you whether the result was any good.
    Mark Hull, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • About 20% of the Constitution itemizes things that the federal and state governments may not do.
    Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • If one spouse itemizes deductions, the other must also itemize.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Nadal, with a wink, recites the various physical tics involved in his serving routine.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • Erivo plays 23 characters and recites approximately 20,000 words of dialogue over the course of two hours.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • What counts as an affordable wellness retreat in 2026?
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
  • Walt Dohrn and Conrad Vernon direct the DreamWorks Animation film that counts Brad Ableson as co-director.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The non-binding agreement outlines a framework for the companies to evaluate technical and commercial details.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026
  • The framework also outlines measures da Zaeli said are needed to ensure legal certainty, avoid undue liability and safeguard the right to full defense and due process.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The transaction processing at your checkout is fully automated, operating within AI systems that handle millions of payments simultaneously, and computes a risk score based on dozens of features extracted from that single moment.
    Pragati Awasthi, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
  • Nothing about the results computes.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 May 2026
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  • Seventeen years old at the time of the incident, Mackenzie Shirilla is the unlikely perpetrator of The Crash, which details the nearly 100-mile-per-hour car collision that killed Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan in 2022.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
  • The book details his 2019 conversion to Catholicism.
    Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2026

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“Enumerates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumerates. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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