# censuses

Pronunciation: US say "SEN-suh-siz" /ˈsɛn.səs.əz/; UK say "SEN-suh-suhz" /ˈsɛn.səs.əz/

## Noun

1. Plural of census. — plural of census
   - Simple: Plural of census. Use it when there is more than one official count.
   - _Historians compared the 1900 and 1910 censuses to see how the neighborhood had changed._
   - _Volunteers carry out annual bird censuses along the coast._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of census. — third-person singular simple present indicative of census
   - Simple: The form of census used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The wildlife agency censuses the elk herd from the air each winter._
   - _The county censuses its residents every ten years, going door to door._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/censuses (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).