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census

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
census /ˈsɛnsəs/ noun
plural censuses
census
/ˈsɛnsəs/
noun
plural censuses
Learner's definition of CENSUS
[count]
: the official process of counting the number of people in a country, city, or town and collecting information about them人口普查;人口调查
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5187 COCA: 6047

census

noun

cen·​sus ˈsen(t)-səs How to pronounce census (audio)
1
: a count of the population and a property evaluation in early Rome
2
: a usually complete enumeration of a population
specifically : a periodic governmental enumeration of population
According to the latest U.S census, 16% of the population is of Hispanic or Latino origin.
3
: count, tally
a census of deer in a game refuge
census transitive verb

Synonyms

Example Sentences

According to the latest census, the racial makeup of the town has changed dramatically in the last 50 years. a thorough census of all the grizzly bears living within the national park
Recent Examples on the Web The measure in Rhode Island follows a 32% increase in the Asian American population in the state over the last decade, according to the 2020 census. Tat Bellamy-walker, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022 According to the census, Black people make up 62.4% of Baltimore’s population. Billy Jean Louis, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022 Christianity is the third most popular religion in Singapore after Buddhism and Taoism, covering nearly one in five Singaporeans according to the 2020 census. Heather Chen, CNN, 27 Aug. 2022 Susanville’s population — about 16,000 last year, according to the census — has long included thousands of inmates at both facilities, a boost that makes the town seem bigger and more attractive to incoming businesses. Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022 The 2020 census listed its population about about 115,000. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022 The seat Cheney is vying for was held by Antonio Delgado, now New York's lieutenant governor, and the district lines were redrawn following the 2020 census. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022 The 2020 census missed about 3% of the Black population. Michael Macagnone, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2022 Black, while 39% of California’s population was Hispanic and 5.7% Black, according to the 2020 census. Melissa Korn, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin cēnsus, from cēnsēre "to give as an opinion, assess, appraise, perform the duties of a censor" + -tus, suffix of verbal action — more at censor entry 1

First Known Use

1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of census was in 1634
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5187 COCA: 6047
census

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CENSUS | CENSUS + VERB | CENSUS + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEcomplete全面人口普查federal, government, national, official, state聯邦人口普查;政府人口普查;全國人口普查;官方人口普查;州人口普查decennial * 10 年 1 次的人口普查population人口普查VERB + CENSUScarry out, conduct, perform, take開展人口普查;進行人口普查A national census is taken every ten years.每 10 年進行 1 次全國人口普查。CENSUS + VERBfind, indicate, report, reveal, show人口普查發現/表明/報告稱/顯示/說明count, list人口普查計算出/列出CENSUS + NOUNdata, figures, records, report, results, statistics人口普查數據/數字/記錄/報告/結果/統計數字form, questionnaire, return人口普查表格/問卷/(統計)報表tract (NAmE) 人口普查地段bureau (NAmE) 人口普查局taker (especially NAmE) 人口普查員PREPOSITIONin a/the census在人口普查中the questions asked in the census人口普查使用的問題

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