- demographic
- demographic (adj.) 1891, from DEMOGRAPHY (Cf. demography) + -IC (Cf. -ic). As a noun, by 1998, short for demographic group or category. Related: Demographical; demographically.
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demographic — Ⅰ. demographic UK US /ˌdeməˈɡræfɪk/ noun [C, usually singular] ► MARKETING a group of people, for example, customers, who are similar in age, social class, etc.: »This demographic (young teenagers) is the fastest growing age group using the site … Financial and business terms
demographic — adj. of or pertaining to demography; as, demographic surveys. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
demographic — 1. adjective Of or pertaining to demography. 2. noun a) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or … Wiktionary
demographic — dem|o|graph|ic [ˌdeməˈgræfık] n 1.) demographics [plural] information about a group such as the people who live in a particular area ▪ the demographics of a newspaper s readership 2.) [singular] a part of the population that is considered as a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
demographic — [[t]de̱məgræ̱fɪk[/t]] demographics 1) ADJ: ADJ n Demographic means relating to or concerning demography. 2) N PLURAL: oft N of n The demographics of a place or society are statistics relating to the people who live there. ...the changing… … English dictionary
demographic — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Demographic is used after these nouns: ↑target {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Demographic is used with these nouns: ↑change, ↑characteristic, ↑composition, ↑data, ↑factor, ↑group, ↑profile, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
demographic — dem|o|graph|ic1 [ ,demə græfık ] adjective relating to populations demographic dem|o|graph|ic 2 [ ,demə græfık ] noun singular a group of people that a company wants to sell its products to … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
demographic — /dɛməˈgræfɪk/ (say demuh grafik) adjective Also, demographical. 1. of or relating to demography. –noun 2. a demographically defined group of people: the over 50 demographic. –demographically, adverb …
demographic — /ˌdemə græfɪk/ adjective referring to demography ● A full demographic study of the country must be done before we decide how to export there … Marketing dictionary in english
demographic — demography ► NOUN ▪ the study of the structure of human populations using statistics of births, deaths, wealth, disease, etc. DERIVATIVES demographer noun demographic adjective demographically adverb … English terms dictionary
