census
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census
- /ˈsɛnsəs/ UK
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Borrowed from Latin cēnsus, from cēnseō. See censor.
noun censuses · censusses · census · censi
- An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals. As you know, the Imperium has never been able to take a census of the Fremen. Everyone thinks that there are but few wandering here and there in the desert. My Lord, I suspect an incredible secret has been kept on this planet: that the Fremen exist in vast numbers- vast- and it is they who control A
- The people being treated in a healthcare facility, clinic or program.
- Count, tally. In what census of living creatures, the dead of mankind are included ...
- A type of tax levied by feudal lords on peasants.
- A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah.
verb censuses · censusses · censusing · censussing · censused
- To conduct a census on. Each page of the schedule was crossruled with 8 lines, capable of censussing 8 individuals.
- To collect a census. My initiation to waterfowl censussing took place in the early days of the A.W.E., as it is familiarly known, when I served as a junior to one of the ablest of the Witwatersrand pioneers, Royce Reed. The method used must remain one of the three basic methods of Transvaal waterfowl censussing, althoug
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Closest in meaning: nosecount, population, demography, compilation, collection, registration, register, listing, counts, counting, enumeration, documentation, count, statistic, number, inventory
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noun official count of members of a population
| Español | censo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인구조사 in'gujosa, 국세조사 guksejosa |
| 日本語 | 国勢調査 kokusei chōsa, 人口調査 jinkō chōsa |
| 中文 | 人口普查 rénkǒu pǔchá, 人口調查 /人口调查 rénkǒu diàochá, 戶口檢查 /户口检查 hùkǒu jiǎnchá |
| हिन्दी | जनगणना jangaṇnā |
| Kiswahili | sensa |
| Português | censo, recenseamento, censo demográfico |
| Français | recensement, recensement de la population |
| Deutsch | Zensus, Volkszählung, Befragung, Bevölkerungszählung, Zählung |
| Italiano | censo, censimento |
| Ελληνικά | απογραφή apografí |
| Română | recensământ |
| Русский | пе́репись населе́ния pérepisʹ naselénija, пе́репись pérepisʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | (cuộc) điều tra dân số, (cuộc) thống kê dân số, (cuộc) kiểm kê dân số |
| العربية | تَعْدَاد اَلسُّكَّان taʕdād as-sukkān, إِحْصَاء اَلسُّكَّان ʔiḥṣāʔ as-sukkān, تَعْدَاد taʕdād |
| עברית | מפקד אוכלוסין |
verb collect a census
| 中文 | 進行人口普查 /进行人口普查 jìnxíng rénkǒu pǔchá |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Zensus |
| Italiano | censire |
| Ελληνικά | απογράφω apográfo |
| Tiếng Việt | điều tra dân số, thống kê dân số, kiểm kê dân số |
Talk about this word "census." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/census. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. census. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/census "census." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/census.Cite this
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title = {census},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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