census
An official count or enumeration of members of a population, usually residents or…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.
» In Japan, a census is taken every five years.
In Japan findet einmal alle fünf Jahre eine Volkszählung statt.
Meaning
5 senses(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
(countable, uncountable)The people being treated in a healthcare facility, clinic or program.
(countable, uncountable)Count, tally.
a periodic count of the population
(countable, historical, uncountable)A type of tax levied by feudal lords on peasants.
(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 sentencesIn Japan, a census is taken every five years.
deIn Japan findet einmal alle fünf Jahre eine Volkszählung statt.
In Japan, a census is conducted every five years.
deIn Japan findet einmal alle fünf Jahre eine Volkszählung statt.
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.
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.
What's a census?
Що представляє собою перепис населення?
deWas ist eine Volkszählung?
Translations
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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 / censusSynonyms
2 synonyms- a periodic count of the population:nose countnosecount
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable