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census

[ sen-suhs ]

noun

plural censuses.
  1. an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex or gender, occupation, etc.
  2. (in ancient Rome) the registration of citizens and their property, for purposes of taxation.


verb (used with object)

  1. to take a census of (a country, city, etc.):

    The entire nation is censused every 10 years.

census

/ ˈɛԲə /

noun

  1. an official periodic count of a population including such information as sex, age, occupation, etc
  2. any offical count

    a traffic census

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

  • ˈԲܲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·· [sen, -shoo-, uh, l], adjective
  • ·sܲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of census1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin: “a listing and property assessment of citizens,” equivalent to ŧԲ(ŧ) “to assess, register (citizens) in a census” + -tus suffix of verb action; for -s- in place of -st- censor
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of census1

C17: from Latin, from ŧԲŧ to assess
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Even after losing a congressional seat earlier this decade after the U.S. census, California still has the largest congressional delegation in the nation with 52 members.

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This was partly the result of years of high levels of emigration from Ireland to the US - the 1930 US census recorded 923,600 residents who were born on the island of Ireland.

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Forest Service researchers found that “new fire regimes are increasingly affecting more urban census tracts statewide, meaning greater numbers and more diverse groups of people are being and possibly will be affected by wildfires.”

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The Scottish government's Health and Wellbeing census hit the headlines in 2021 after asking pupils as young as 14 about their sexual experiences.

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The Scottish government "need to do better" in how sensitive information is gathered from schoolchildren after access to a controversial census on sexual experiences was halted.

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