enregister en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + register.
Meanings
- (transitive) To record on a register.
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(transitive) To store in a register of the CPU.
Enregistering a value during compilation of a program may improve runtime performance.
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(transitive) To become a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").
Thus, by systematically labelling Singlish as 'broken English', official discourses enregister Singlish as a low-proficiency version of English and a hindrance to the nation's path toward globalisation.
2022 January 13, Tong King Lee, “Spiaking Singlish: The politics of ludic English in Singapore”, in Language in Society, volume 52, number 2, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 249:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enregisters | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| enregistering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| inregister | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| enregistered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enregistered | Tense=Past | lexicographic |