Library / English Dictionary

CENSUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A periodic count of the population

Synonyms:

census; nose count; nosecount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("census" is a kind of...):

count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Derivation:

census (conduct a census)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conduct a census

Example:

They censused the deer in the forest

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "census" is one way to...):

count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

census (a periodic count of the population)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A census region of the United States consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

(Northeastern United States Census Region, NCI Thesaurus)

A census division of the United States consisting of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

(East South Central States Census Division, NCI Thesaurus)

The VANDAM survey allowed for a census of stars younger than half a million years old called Class 0 stars – mere babies in star terms – and stars a little older between 500,000 years and 1 million years, called Class 1.

(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)