单词 | census |
释义 | census (once / 788 pages) nv If you live in the U.S., every ten years you'll participate in a census, a process for counting people. The information collected is used to plan for schools, transportation, social services people will need, and also for determining congressional districts. On the census form you’ll be asked how many people live in your house, their ages, and ethnic and racial backgrounds. With this, the government can plan facilities and also track population trends — whether cities are growing or shrinking, what ethnic groups make up our population, and where they live. We get the word and the idea from the Romans, who registered citizens and their property so they could be taxed. The first U.S. census was held in 1790. WORD FAMILYcensus: censused, censuses, censusing USAGE EXAMPLESOutside of the homeless numbers, 17.3 percent of residents in the District of Columbia live in poverty, according to recent census data. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Tulsa-based organization estimates based on the recent Census there are about 300 centenarians living in the state, she said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The 2010 Census showed that African Americans — for decades the District’s dominant ethnic group — were a smaller part of a growing city. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a periodic count of the population Syn|Hyper nose count, nosecount count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order 2v conduct a census They censused the deer in the forest Hyper count, enumerate, number, numerate determine the number or amount of |
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