census noun

/ˈsent .səs/ n [C]

Definition

a count for official purposes, especially one to count the number of people living in a country and to collect information about them

We have a census in this country every ten years.

She was stopped in her car for a traffic census.

(Definition of census noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

to worry about something

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