Census Definition

sĕnsəs
censused
noun
In ancient Rome, the act of counting the people and evaluating their property for taxation.
Webster's New World
An official, usually periodic, count of population and recording of economic status, age, sex, etc.
Webster's New World
The official counting of people of a country, state, or other similar political entity.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
verb
To include in a census; conduct a census of.
American Heritage

To collect a census.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Census

Noun

Singular:
census
Plural:
censi, censuses

Origin of Census

  • Latin cēnsus registration of citizens from cēnsēre to assess kens- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin census, from cēnseō. See censor.

    From Wiktionary

Census Sentence Examples

  • The estimated total at a census taken in 1901 was only 2000.

  • The census of 1897 revealed in several provinces a remarkably low proportion of men to women.

  • These were the figures at the date of the census.

  • According to the first national census of 1869 the population was 1,830,214.

  • The census of 1890 increased the total.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to census using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

CCECEN

Words Ending With

SUSSUS

Unscrambles

census

Words Starting With C and Ending With S

Starts With C & Ends With SStarts With CE & Ends With SStarts With C & Ends With US

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With S