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census
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
census
(noun)
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census
/
ˈ
sɛnsəs/
noun
plural
censuses
census
/
ˈ
sɛnsəs/
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
According to the latest
census
, the racial makeup of the town has changed dramatically in the last 50 years.
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often used before another noun
census
figures/data
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