"numeration" meaning in English

See numeration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌn(j)uː.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-numeration.wav Forms: numerations [plural]
enPR: n(y)o͞o'-mə-rāʹ-shən Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English numeracioun, from Latin numerātiō. By surface analysis, numerate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|numeracioun}} Middle English numeracioun, {{der|en|la|numerātiō}} Latin numerātiō, {{surf|en|numerate|-ion}} By surface analysis, numerate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} numeration (countable and uncountable, plural numerations)
  1. The act of counting or numbering; enumeration. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (act of counting or numbering): enumeration Translations (act of counting or numbering): номериране (nomerirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), nummering [feminine] (Dutch), luettelu (Finnish), laskeminen (Finnish), numerointi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-numeration-en-noun-MKnIECpa Disambiguation of 'act of counting or numbering': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'act of counting or numbering': 98 2
  2. Any system of giving names to numbers. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (any system of giving names to numbers): numerointi (Finnish), numeracja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-numeration-en-noun-x63xRbYY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'any system of giving names to numbers': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: numbering, counting Hyponyms: bijective numeration, Ostrowski numeration Derived forms: prenumeration, system of numeration, transnumeration

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "code": "bg",
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