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register

re·gis·ter

UK/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ US/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/ common us

verb

1.

record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

2.

record in a public office or in a court of law

  • “file for divorce”
  • “file a complaint”
Synonyms
3.

enroll to vote

  • “register for an election”
4.

be aware of

  • “Did you register any change when I pressed the button?”
Synonyms
5.

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

  • “The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero”
  • “The gauge read”
  • “'”
6.

have one''s name listed as a candidate for several parties

Synonyms
7.

show in one''s face

  • “Her surprise did not register”
8.

manipulate the registers of an organ

9.

send by registered mail

  • “I”
10.

enter into someone''s consciousness

  • “Did this event register in your parents”

noun

1.

an official written record of names or events or transactions

Synonyms
2.

(music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments

3.

a book in which names and transactions are listed

4.

(computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind

5.

an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room

6.

a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device

7.

a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill

Origin

From Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded”), from Latin regerō (“to record, to carry back”), from re- + gerō (“to carry, bear”). Compare Latin registoria (“a treasurer”). Some senses influenced by association with unrelated Latin regō (“to rule”).

Phrases

  • bell register
  • branch register
  • caregiver register
  • cash register
  • companies register
  • company register
  • direct registering
  • electoral register
  • Federal Register
  • mass register
  • registered trademark

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