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The meaning of Census

Census – definition

noun

An official count or survey, especially of a population.

Usage examples:

A traffic census
noun

A count for official purposes, esp. one to count the number of people living in a country and to obtain information such as age, sex, race, etc.

noun

An occasion when people or things are officially counted, especially when the people in a country or particular area are counted and general information about them is recorded. the report listing this information is also called a census

Usage examples:

National/state/government census according to the state census, 89.6% of eligible hispanics voters …

Census translation into English

Census: translate from English into Chinese

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人口普查, 户籍, 人口调查

Census: translate from English into Dutch

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Volkstelling

Census: translate from English into French

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Recensement

Census: translate from English into German

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Volkszählung, Zensus, Erhebung

Census: translate from English into Hindi

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जनगणना, गणना, मनुष्यगणन, संगणना, जनगणना-अभिलेख

Census: translate from English into Italian

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Censimento, Censo

Census: translate from English into Korean

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인구 조사, 인구조사

Census: translate from English into Russian

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Перепись

Census: translate from English into Spanish

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Censo, Padrón, Empadronamiento

Word origin

early 17th century (denoting a poll tax): from Latin, applied to the registration of citizens and property in ancient Rome, usually for taxation, from censere ‘assess’. The current sense date

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