headcount
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt/
:
número de personas
- The teacher took a headcount before the field trip to ensure everyone was present.
- unduplicated headcount
- headcount enrollment
- total headcount
But our team is really starting to pick up and we're expanding headcount, we're expanding geographically.
- But our team is really starting to pick up and we're expanding headcount, we're expanding geographically.
Examples
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All data are reported as headcounts reflecting the total number of teachers.
Academic text (2013) -
All commanders report their headcounts to Command.
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You may wanna take a headcount.
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- I need the final headcount.
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Oh, Ryan, by the way, your mama needs a headcount for tonight.
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6 out of 10 organizations expect to increase SEO headcount in the coming year.
Blog text (17) -
For the college population as a whole in fall 1996, the total student headcount was 5,005.
Academic text (2002) -
But our team is really starting to pick up and we're expanding headcount, we're expanding geographically.
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Helene greeted her as usual with the headcount, "I estimate six hundred people so far, maybe seven."
Fiction book (1996) -
The dorms filled up and people went through them, talking, commenting, waiting for an emergency headcount.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.0
The number of things or people that have been counted
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3.8
The number of people who come to an event, meeting, or election
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2.0
The number of people present at an event
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3.4
The number of people present in a group or at an event
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3.9
The number of people in a place at one time
A quick check of how many people are present to see attendance or support
Counting how many people are in a group or place
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word headcount comes from joining head and count, because people would literally 'count heads' to see how many were present. So, a headcount is the number of people in a group.