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census

cen·sus

census

 
 
pronunciation:
sen sihs
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part of speech: noun
inflections: censuses
definition: an official count of the people who live in a country or other area. A census is also used to collect information about these people, such as their job, age, or sex.
In the United States, a national census is taken every ten years.
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