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ALL meanings of census

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  • countable noun census A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs. 3
  • noun census an official periodic count of a population including such information as sex, age, occupation, etc 3
  • noun census any official count 3
  • noun census (in ancient Rome) a registration of the population and a property evaluation for purposes of taxation 3
  • noun census in ancient Rome, the act of counting the people and evaluating their property for taxation 3
  • noun census an official, usually periodic, count of population and recording of economic status, age, sex, etc. 3
  • noun census An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals. 1
  • noun plural census an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc. 1
  • noun plural census (in ancient Rome) the registration of citizens and their property, for purposes of taxation. 1
  • verb with object census to take a census of (a country, city, etc.): The entire nation is censused every 10 years. 1
  • noun census population count 1
  • transitive verb census conduct a census 1
  • noun census An official count of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals. 0
  • verb census To collect a census. 0
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