NUMERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does numeration mean? 

• NUMERATION (noun)
  The noun NUMERATION has 2 senses:

1. naming numbers

2. the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

  Familiarity information: NUMERATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUMERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Naming numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("numeration" is a kind of...):

naming (the verbal act of naming)

Derivation:

numerate (read out loud as words written numbers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally

Context example:

the counting continued for several hours

Hypernyms ("numeration" is a kind of...):

investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "numeration"):

blood count (the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)

census; nose count; nosecount (a periodic count of the population)

countdown (counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle))

miscount (an inaccurate count)

poll (the counting of votes (as in an election))

recount (an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election)

sperm count (the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate)

Derivation:

numerate (determine the number or amount of)