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census
/ˈsɛnsəs/
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What does census mean?
noun
- 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.
- The people being treated in a healthcare facility, clinic or program.
- Count, tally.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah.
- (historical) A type of tax levied by feudal lords on peasants.
verb
- To conduct a census on.
- To collect a census.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɛnsəs/
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It was about this epoch that Enjolras, in view of a possible catastrophe, instituted a kind of mysterious census.
When the metamorphosis of the laggards is completed, which does not take many days, I proceed to take a general census.
More book examples (3)
"Oh, yes. When the census was round, I contributed more to it than anybody in town. Got a wife and eleven children."
If you plan to take a census in your own garden, keep in mind that earthworm counts will be highest in spring.
An actual census or enumeration of the people must furnish the rule, a circumstance which effectually shuts the door to partiality or oppression.