census

[US]/ˈsensəs/
[UK]/ˈsensəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. conduct a statistical survey
n. population census, population survey

Phrases & Collocations

census register

census data

census bureau

population census

census taker

Example Sentences

the intricacies of a census form.

take a census of...

A census of population is taken every ten years.

the 1981 census enumerated 19,493,000 households living in the community.

AFTER the 1920 population census Congress failed for the only time in its history to reapportion the seats of the House of Representatives.

How will the reapportionment following the 2000 census affect the distribution of seats around the country and the partisan balance of Congress after the 2002 election?

The census enumerated eighty-six persons over one hundred years old in this mountain area.

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