census

cen·sus  (snss)

n.

1. An official, usually periodic enumeration of a population, often including the collection of related demographic information.

2. In ancient Rome, a count of the citizens and an evaluation of their property for taxation purposes.

tr.v. cen·sused, cen·sus·ing, cen·sus·ed

To include in a census; conduct a census of: "Every plant one centimeter in diameter or larger is censused every five years" (John P. Wiley, Jr.)

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[Latin cnsus, registration of citizens, from cnsre, to assess; see kens- in Indo-European roots.]

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census [ˈsɛnsəs]

n pl -suses

1. (Social Science / Human Geography) an official periodic count of a population including such information as sex, age, occupation, etc.

2. any offical count a traffic census

3. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) a registration of the population and a property evaluation for purposes of taxation

[from Latin, from cēnsēre to assess]

censual  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	census - a periodic count of the population   nose count, nosecount counting, enumeration, numeration, count, reckoning, tally - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
Verb	1.	census - conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest" count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

Translations

census [ˈsensəs]

A. N (censuses (pl)) → censo m
to take a census of → levantar el censo de

B. CPD census taker N (US) → encuestador(a) m/f del censo

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census [ˈsɛnsəs] n → recensement m census data
census data n → données fpl de recensement

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census

n → Zensus m, → Volkszählung f; (Bibl) → Schätzung f; (= traffic census) → Verkehrszählung f; to take a census (of the population) → eine Volkszählung durchführen

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census [ˈsɛnsəs] n → censimento

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census [ˈsɛnsəs] n → censimento

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census

n census [ˈsensəs]

an official counting especially of a country's inhabitants When was the last census in Britain? sensus إحْصاء السُّكّان преброяване на населението sčítání lidu folketælling die Volkszählung απογραφή censo rahvaloendus سرشماری laskenta recensement מִפקָד אוּכלוִּסין जनगणना popis stanovništva népszámlálás cacah jiwa, sensus manntal censimento 人口調査 인구조사 surašymas (iedzīvotāju) skaitīšana banci volkstelling folketelling, manntall; (opp)telling spis censo recensământ перепись (населения) sčítanie ľudu popis (prebivalstva) popis stanovništva folkräkning การสำรวจจำนวนประชากร sayım 調查；人口普查 перепис مردم شماری sự điều tra dân số 人口调查；人口普查

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census → إحصاء رسمى sčítání lidu folketælling Volkszählung απογραφή πληθυσμού censo väestönlaskenta recensement popis censimento 国勢調査 인구 조사 census folketelling spis ludności censo, recenseamento перепись населения folkräkning การสำรวจจำนวนประชากร nüfus sayımı cuộc điều tra dân số 人口普查