census

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɛnsəs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsɛnsəs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sensəs)

Inflections of 'census' (n): npl: censuses

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
cen•sus /ˈsɛnsəs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -sus•es. 
  1. Governmentan official count of the population of a country, state, etc., with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.:The United States has a census every ten years.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cen•sus  (sensəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sus•es, v. 
n. 
  1. Governmentan official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
  2. Antiquity(in ancient Rome) the registration of citizens and their property, for purposes of taxation.

v.t. 
  1. Governmentto take a census of (a country, city, etc.):The entire nation is censused every 10 years.
  • Latin: a listing and property assessment of citizens, equivalent. to cēns(ēre) to assess, register (citizens) in a census + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action; for -s- in place of -st- see censor
  • 1605–15;
cen•su•al  (sensho̅o̅ əl),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
census / ˈsɛnsəs/ ( -suses)
  1. an official periodic count of a population including such information as sex, age, occupation, etc
  2. any official count: a traffic census
  3. (in ancient Rome) a registration of the population and a property evaluation for purposes of taxation
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin, from cēnsēre to assess
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