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censuses

USSEN-suh-siz/ˈsɛn.səs.əz/UKSEN-suh-suhz/ˈsɛn.səs.əz/

2 meanings of censuses

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of census. Use it when there is more than one official count.

    Many countries hold censuses every ten years.

    The old censuses list my great-grandparents and their six children.

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  2. 2
    verb
    The form of census used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

    Every spring, the park ranger censuses the ducks on the lake.

    The school censuses its students at the start of each year.

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censuses is a form of census

census, noun: An official count of the people, or sometimes animals, living in a place, often repeated at set times. Full entry

Forms
censuscensuses pluralcensusses plural
Spelling
census → censuses: add -es
Sound
The ending sounds like /əz/, an extra syllable.

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