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Meaning of register in English
Pronunciation
/ˈrɛdʒəstər/
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Verb
register
Definitions
1.
record in writing
Examples
« enter into a book of names or events or transactions »
2.
record in a public office or in a court of law
Examples
« file for divorce »
« file a complaint »
3.
enroll to vote
Examples
« register for an election »
4.
be aware of
Examples
« Did you register any change when I pressed the button? »
5.
indicate a certain reading
Examples
« of gauges and instruments »
« The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero »
« The gauge read 'empty' »
6.
have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
7.
show in one's face
Examples
« Her surprise did not register »
8.
manipulate the registers of an organ
9.
send by registered mail
Examples
« I'd like to register this letter »
10.
enter into someone's consciousness
Examples
« Did this event register in your parents' minds? »
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
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
Examples
« used in shops to add up the bill »