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- [sen-suh s]
- /ˈsɛn səs/
- /ˈsen.səs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sen-suh s]
- /ˈsɛn səs/
Definitions of census word
- 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
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Origin of census
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Latin: a listing and property assessment of citizens, equivalent to cēns(ēre) to assess, register (citizens) in a census + -tus suffix of v. action; for -s- in place of -st- see censor
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Parts of speech for Census
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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census popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
census usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for census
noun census
- poll — polly.
- statistics — a numerical fact or datum, especially one computed from a sample.
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- stats — statistic.
verb census
- set down — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- catalogued — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- ticked off — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- list — Friedrich [free-drik] /ˈfri drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1789–1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
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