enumerations
Counts of items
Enumerations are lists of items counted or named one by one.
The word appears in formal or technical contexts: The contract included an enumeration of all covered services.
In programming, an enumeration (or enum) is a data type consisting of a set of named values: The enumeration defines status codes like PENDING, APPROVED, and REJECTED.
Itemized verification guide
- rosterList of members
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- rollList of names
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
manifest · directory · inventory · catalogue · schedule · agenda · menu · itinerary
Placing in sequence
- progressionSequential forward movement
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- successionFollowing in order
- rankingOrdered position assignment
prioritization · hierarchy · arrangement · outline · bullet points · alphabetization · indexing · pagination
Summing items systematically
- tabulationOrganizing data systematically
- quantifyingDetermining amount numerically
- totalingCalculating a sum
- summingAdding quantities together
reckoning · calculation · census · headcount · stocktaking · polling · vote counting · roll call
Official population count
- surveySystematic data collection
- discoveryAct of finding something
- depositionsFormal pretrial questioning
- court filingsOfficial lawsuit paperwork
checklist
Itemized verification guide
index · manifest · directory · inventory · catalogue · schedule · agenda · menu · itinerary · syllabus
ordering
Placing in sequence
- progressionSequential forward movement
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- successionFollowing in order
ranking · prioritization · hierarchy · arrangement · outline · bullet points · alphabetization · indexing · pagination · versioning
tallying
Summing items systematically
- tabulationOrganizing data systematically
- quantifyingDetermining amount numerically
- totalingCalculating a sum
summing · reckoning · calculation · census · headcount · stocktaking · polling · vote counting · roll call · attendance
census
Official population count
- surveySystematic data collection
- discoveryAct of finding something
- depositionsFormal pretrial questioning
iteration
Repeated procedural pass
- loopCurve closing on itself
- data typeVariable's value classification
- iteratorSequential element accessor
indexing · collection · set · tuple · parsing · flags · arguments · parameters
- tabulationstables, tallies, tallying, tabulating, totals
enumerationsapproximations
Near but inexact values
generalizations · ballpark figures · guesstimations · hand-waving · guesstimates
enumerationssummaries
Condensed accounts of content
synopses · rambling · stream of consciousness · narratives · prose