census
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
The people being treated in a healthcare facility, clinic or program.
Count, tally.
A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah.
Verb 2 meanings
To conduct a census on.
To collect a census.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cēnsus, from cēnseō. See censor.
CENSUS at a glance
CENSUS has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (C 3 + E 1 + N 1 + S 1 + U 1 + S 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,107 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with census
All rhymes- JESUS12
- VERSUS9
- CONSENSUS11
- PEGASUS10
- COLOSSUS10
- MISSUS8
- NARCISSUS11
- TARSUS6
- RHESUS9
- CASUS7
- CURSUS8
- BEJESUS16
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