What does enumerate mean?
Word: Enumerate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Enumerate means to name a number of things one after another.
How do you spell enumerate?
Syllables: e - nu - mer - ate
Tricky part: Said quickly, the word can sound as if it opens with an i, so pupils write inumerate. Its first letter is e.
Watch out for: inumerate, enummerate, ennumerate
Memory tip: Imagine the word as a row of names whose very first entry is a single letter e, not an i.
Enumerate in a sentence
Example 1: Can you enumerate the planets in order from the Sun?
Example 2: The coach began to enumerate everything we had done right in the match.
Example 3: It would take all day to enumerate the reasons I love my grandmother's kitchen.
Fun Fact
The people who go from door to door collecting details for India's census are called enumerators.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
One word in the list is misspelt and three are spelt correctly. Choose what the misspelt word means.
1. enumerate 2. elaborate 3. acumulate 4. illustrate
a) explain something with pictures or examples
b) go through items one at a time
c) gather more and more of something over time
d) add more detail to what you have said
Show answer
c) gather more and more of something over time. Accumulate needs two c's, so that is the misspelt word.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word enumerate as used in the sentence:
In her report, Kavya had to enumerate the benefits of planting trees.
a) sign
b) hide
c) list
d) test
Show answer
c) list. Kavya sets the benefits down one by one, which is what a list does.
Mingle-Mangle
The sentence hides a jumbled word. Choose the word:
Before the trip, our teacher will utreemnea the items each pupil must pack.
a) narrate
b) emulate
c) generate
d) enumerate
Show answer
d) enumerate. Generate needs a g, emulate an l and narrate two a's, so only enumerate works.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
During the museum tour the guide paused to enumerete the many rare coins, stamps and maps kept behind the glass.
a) museum
b) glass
c) enumerete
d) rare
Show answer
c) enumerete. An a belongs after the r, near the end of the word.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A report enumerates its main ideas. How are they most likely set out?
a) a single long paragraph
b) a blank form to fill in
c) a set of numbered points
d) a drawing without words
Show answer
c) a set of numbered points
2. Which task would need you to enumerate things?
a) naming all the states of India
b) sharpening a pencil before a test
c) closing the windows before the rain
d) singing a song at morning assembly
Show answer
a) naming all the states of India
