Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.

    Zensus, Volkszählung, Befragung

    пе́репись населе́нияpérepisʹ naselénija, пе́реписьpérepisʹ

    пере́пис насе́ленняperépys nasélennja, пере́писperépys

  2. (countable, uncountable)The people being treated in a healthcare facility, clinic or program.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Count, tally.

    a periodic count of the population

  4. (countable, historical, uncountable)A type of tax levied by feudal lords on peasants.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. In Japan, a census is taken every five years.

    deIn Japan findet einmal alle fünf Jahre eine Volkszählung statt.

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  2. In Japan, a census is conducted every five years.

    deIn Japan findet einmal alle fünf Jahre eine Volkszählung statt.

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  3. In the United States, there is a census every ten years.

    У Сполучених Штатах кожні десять років проходить перепис населення.

    ruВ США каждые десять лет производится перепись населения.

    deIn den Vereinigten Staaten findet alle zehn Jahre eine Volkszählung statt.

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  4. In the United States, a census takes place every ten years.

    У Сполучених Штатах кожні десять років проходить перепис населення.

    ruВ США перепись населения проходит каждые десять лет.

    deIn den Vereinigten Staaten findet alle zehn Jahre eine Volkszählung statt.

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  5. What's a census?

    Що представляє собою перепис населення?

    deWas ist eine Volkszählung?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
official count of members of a population:
Русский
By meaning 1
official count of members of a population:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
official count of members of a population:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cēnsus, from cēnseō. See censor.

Borrowed from Latin cēnsus, from cēnseō. See censor.

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Forms

plural: censuses / censusses / census
Singularcensus
Pluralcensuses / censusses / census

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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