Meaning of register in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈrɛdʒəstər/

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  1. Verb

    register

    Definitions

    1. record in writing

    Examples

    • « enter into a book of names or events or transactions »
  2. 2. record in a public office or in a court of law

    Examples

    • « file for divorce »
    • « file a complaint »
  3. 3. enroll to vote

    Examples

    • « register for an election »
  4. 4. be aware of

    Examples

    • « Did you register any change when I pressed the button? »
  5. 5. indicate a certain reading

    Examples

    • « of gauges and instruments »
    • « The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero »
    • « The gauge read 'empty' »
  6. 6. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
  7. 7. show in one's face

    Examples

    • « Her surprise did not register »
  8. 8. manipulate the registers of an organ
  9. 9. send by registered mail

    Examples

    • « I'd like to register this letter »
  10. 10. enter into someone's consciousness

    Examples

    • « Did this event register in your parents' minds? »

  11. Noun

    register

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from Old French regestre or medieval Latin regestrum, registrum, alteration of regestum, singular of late Latin regesta‘things recorded’, from regerere‘enter, record’

    Definitions

    1. an official written record of names or events or transactions
  12. 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
  13. 3. a book in which names and transactions are listed
  14. 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
  15. 5. an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
  16. 6. a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
  17. 7. a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions

    Examples

    • « used in shops to add up the bill »