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Enumeration
has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
Example Sentences
- Several readers of last week's post saw in my enumeration of the difficulties of measuring performance a rejection of the idea.
- Some reduce it to an enumeration of desirable-but mostly undesirable-behaviors.
- In the enumeration of the buildings and property injured as published in.
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enumeration
1570s, from L. enumeratus, pp. of enumerare "to reckon up, count over, enumerate," from ex- "from" + numerare "to count, number," from numerus "number."
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enumeration definition
1.
Compare well-ordered.
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(1996-11-28)
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