censusnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsen.səs/us/ˈsen.səs/a count for official purposes, especially one to count the number of people living in a country and to collect information about them:
We have a census in this country every ten years.
She was stopped in her car for a traffic census.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Numbering & counting
- absolute value
- cash
- cash up
- count
- count sth out
- counter
- decimal point
- decimalization
- headcount
- innumerate
- modulus
- number
- number line
- numerate
- pagination
- reckon
- reckon sth in
- recount 1
- run
- tot sth up
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