numerating

verb

present participle of numerate
1
as in listing
to make a list of numerate the dish's ingredients for me

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2
as in reciting
to specify one after another I don't have the time to numerate all the reasons, so I'll offer just a few

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for numerating
  1. listing
  2. reciting
  3. outlining
  4. detailing
Verb
  • Redfin says some would-be sellers are holding off on listing.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Now, more than two decades after listing on the Jasdaq Securities Exchange in 2004, Kadoya is set to go private through a tender offer backed by Japanese private equity firm Integral.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of listing
Verb
  • An outstretched hand After reciting the confessional, the Ne’ilah service adds one more prayer, not used in other services.
    — Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Buyers are even reciting the specifics back to us unprompted.
    — Ali Aydan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of reciting
Verb
  • On Monday, hundreds of professional stand-up comedians flooded Instagram and TikTok with front-facing videos outlining an issue in the comedy community that had been brewing for months.
    — Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Then OpenAI showed up While still at OpenAI, Almeida wrote a document outlining his idea for models optimized to work with software and showed it to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlining
Verb
  • Each portion of the exhibit has illustrated diagrams detailing that part of the human anatomy.
    — Emma Hall October 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • And it’s backed up with a few recent preprint papers detailing Pioneer Labs’ research.
    — Brian Gallagher, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of detailing
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“Numerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numerating. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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