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register en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹed͡ʒ.ə.stə/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈɹed͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.stɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (California) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
    • The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.
  2. A book of such entries.
    • As you have one eye upon my follies, […] turn another into the register of your own. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
  3. An entry in such a book.
  4. The act of registering.
  5. A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
  6. One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
    • a register of deeds
  7. A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
    • The east wall is decorated in raised relief with two registers of scenes above a dado showing a northward fecundity figure procession. 1989, Eleni Vassilika, Ptolemaic Philae, page 76:
    • The reverse side is divided into three registers. In the first register is the name of Narmer represented as a fish and a chisel inscribed in the serekh. 2005, Abeer El-Shahawy, The Egyptian Museum in Cairo: A Walk Through the Alleys of Ancient Egypt, page 23:
    • The division of the field into an upper and lower register, with decorative motifs in the upper register and a scene with figures in the lower register, as here, is, as has been mentioned, characteristic of Syrian seals from the early second millennium. 1984, Beatrice Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, page 70:
  8. A device that automatically records a quantity.
  9. The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
  10. A list of received calls in a phone set.
  11. A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
    • When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack. 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47:
    • If you can trace back through the disassembly to where the variable is first loaded into a register, you can often discover its value or its address by inspecting that register. 2014, Jason Gregory, Game Engine Architecture, Second Edition, page 90:
  12. The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
  13. The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
  14. The range of a voice or instrument.
  15. An organ stop.
  16. A style of a language used in a particular context.
    • We rewrote certain communications templates to use a more formal register.
    • It seems equally clear that the ‘Complement + Prepositionʼ order illustrated in (172) (a) is likewise highly marked, and hence subject to heavy restrictions on its use. And sure enough, this does indeed seem to be the case: for one thing, forms such as thereafter, herein, whereby are stylistically highly marked (e.g. they are only used in particular registers such as legal language). 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 5, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 275:
    • While e-memos are less formal than the memos discussed [above], they still need to be professional in appearance and in register, that is, in the level of formality. 2021, Laurel Currie Oates, Anne Enquist, Jeremy Francis, chapter 19, in The Legal Writing Handbook: Analysis, Research, and Writing (8th Edition), Wolters Kluwer, page 278:
  17. A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
    • The remaining ceiling register is connected with the main vent shaft containing the smokepipe. Each of the ceiling registers in the lecture hall is controlled by a damper operated by a drain in the boilerroom. 1897, Edward J. Mehren, Henry Coddington Meyer, John M. Goodell, Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer, page 102:
    • No. 1 chamber, 1 8x12 side wall register for warm air. No. 2 chamber, 1 8x12 side wall register for warm air. 1891, Anson Oliver Kittredge, The Metal Worker Essays on House Heating by Steam, Hot Water and Hot Air: With Introduction and Tabular Comparisons, page 22:
    • He went up to the room he shared with Buddy and opened the hot-air register so he could hear what his mother did next. 1984, Stephen King, Gramma:
    • The Ideal Wall Register is not a receptacle for the accumulation of dirt. It avoids the necessity of cutting carpets. It is absolutely fireproof. 1906, Architectural File, page 543:
  18. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of cash register.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
registre alternative, obsolete lexicographic
registers Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

lect

Deriveds

companies register · quregister · parish register · bell register · Federal Register · cash register · georegister · registry · flute register · land register · company register · property register · flageolet register · register ton · registerial · electoral register · enregister · register file · unlimited register machine · take the register · register variable · shift register · branch register · index register · pen register · caregiver register · quantum register · whistle register · subregister · metaregister · register plate · register grate · nonconformist register · register office · nonregister · registership · registration

Hyponyms

parish register · cash register

Translations (154)

cs záznam (entry in such a book) · grc πίναξ (book of such entries) · lv reģistrs (music: range of a voice or instrument) · de Register (formal recording) · fr registre (printing: exact alignment of lines, margins and colors) · be рэе́стр (book of such entries) · de Register (printing: exact alignment of lines, margins and colors) · ms tingkat register (music: range of a voice or instrument) · es registro (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · ro înregistrare (act of registering) · cmn 語域 /语域 (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · fi rekisteri (formal recording) · bg нанасяне (act of registering) · ms tingkat suara (music: range of a voice or instrument) · el καταχώριση (act of registering) · ta வழக்கு (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · ms mencatat (act of registering) · hu regiszter (music: organ stop) · cs registrace (act of registering) · ms peranti daftar (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · lv reģistrs (book of such entries) · ms stop (music: organ stop) · fr inscription (act of registering) · ota جریده (book of such entries) · nl stijlniveau (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · es registro (formal recording) · fi rekisteröinti (entry in such a book) · id laras bahasa (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · uk за́пис (formal recording) · gl rexistro (music: range of a voice or instrument) · pt registro (book of such entries) · bg регистриране (act of registering) · vi sổ bộ (book of such entries) · ga sainréim teanga (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · ro registru (book of such entries) · hi अनुसूची (formal recording) · nl stijlregister (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · hi अनुसूची (book of such entries) · ms tingkat nada (music: range of a voice or instrument) · cs rejstřík (book of such entries) · ru за́пись (formal recording) · ta பதிவகம் (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · ms daftar (formal recording) · fr registre (book of such entries) · bg регистър (book of such entries) · pl rejestr (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · ru о́пись (formal recording) · ms butiran daftar (entry in such a book) · cs soutisk (printing: exact alignment of lines, margins and colors) · ar سِجِلّ (formal recording) · fr registre (grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct) · pl rejestr (book of such entries) · bg регистър (music: range of a voice or instrument) · el καταχωρητής (device that automatically records a quantity) · fi ritilä (grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct) · bg запис (formal recording) · ru рее́стр (book of such entries) · ms peranggu pipa (music: organ stop) · fi ääniala (music: range of a voice or instrument) · hu névjegyzék (formal recording) · fi loki (telecommunications: list of received calls) · fi rekisteröinti (act of registering) · el έκταση (music: range of a voice or instrument) · ms jerejak register (grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct) · cmn 音區 /音区 (music: range of a voice or instrument) · be за́піс (formal recording) · cs rejstřík (music: range of a voice or instrument) · gl rexistro (entry in such a book) · cs pasování (printing: exact alignment of lines, margins and colors) · de Stilebene (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · hu hangterjedelem (music: range of a voice or instrument) · de Stilschicht (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · da register (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · bg регистър (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · pl dziennik (formal recording) · mi rēhita (book of such entries) · fi rekisteri (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · es registro (music: range of a voice or instrument) · cs registrace (formal recording) · hu regiszter (music: range of a voice or instrument) · el μητρώο (book of such entries) · ms buku daftar (book of such entries) · fr registre (music: range of a voice or instrument) · ru реги́стр (book of such entries) · hu anyakönyv (book of such entries) · fr registre (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · ms alat daftar (device that automatically records a quantity) · fi rekisteri (book of such entries) · mi pukapuka rēhita (book of such entries) · cmn 寄存器 (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · ms daftar panggilan masuk (telecommunications: list of received calls) · pt registrador (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · pt registro (device that automatically records a quantity) · lv reģistrs (formal recording) · fi tasapaino (printing: exact alignment of lines, margins and colors) · tg услуб (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · de Stilfärbung (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · gl rexistro (grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct) · mi rēhitatanga (act of registering) · cs rejstřík (music: organ stop) · ota دفتر (book of such entries) · ru за́пись (entry in such a book) · ca registre (formal recording) · ro registru (formal recording) · fr niveau de langue (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · pt registro (formal recording) · io registro (book of such entries) · el μητρώο (formal recording) · uk реє́стр (book of such entries) · gl rexistro (act of registering) · ms mendaftar (act of registering) · hu napló (book of such entries) · el εγγραφή (entry in such a book) · es caja (cash register) · be рэе́стар (book of such entries) · fr registre (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · cs zapisovač (device that automatically records a quantity) · el καταχώριση (entry in such a book) · ms daftar penyorong (printing: exact alignment of lines, margins and colors) · el εγγραφή (act of registering) · hu regiszter (formal recording) · fi rekisteri (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · hu regiszter (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · es registro (entry in such a book) · id warna bahasa (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · ar سِجِلّ (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · ms laras bahasa (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · hu jegyzék (formal recording) · gl rexistro (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · pt registro (entry in such a book) · de Register (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · fi rekisteri (music: range of a voice or instrument) · hu nyelvi réteg (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · gl rexistro (formal recording) · bg записвач (device that automatically records a quantity) · he משלב (linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) · cs registr (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · es registro (book of such entries) · bg о́пис (formal recording) · hy հաշվիչ (device that automatically records a quantity) · ru реги́стр (formal recording) · lv reģistrs (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · ar مُسَجِّل (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · es registro (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · pt registro (act of registering) · fr registre (music: organ stop) · el καταχωρητής (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · gl rexistro (book of such entries) · grc γραμματεῖον (book of such entries) · ja 音栓 (music: organ stop) · io registro (formal recording) · is gisti (computing: part of the central processing unit used to store and manipulate numbers) · hy մատյան (book of such entries) · hu nyilvántartás (formal recording)

register en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹed͡ʒ.ə.stə/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈɹed͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.stɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (California) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
  2. (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
    • I am running for President to take this country in a new direction. But I can’t do it alone. I need you. Whether it’s the first time, or the first time in a long time, I need you to register and vote on November 4th. 2008, Barack Obama, “Letter to Vibe Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  3. (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
    • In every way dinner proved up beyond my expectations, and I registered a note that the cook, whoever or whatever he might be, was a capable man at his trade. 1914, Jack London, chapter VII, in The Mutiny of the Elsinore:
    • Tottenham, who lost William Gallas to injury before the end, struggled to find any sort of response and did not register a single shot on target. 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
  4. (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
    • This is a trial version, and will expire in 30 days. Please register!
  5. (transitive) To express outward signs.
    • Members of Boston's lesbian and gay community participated in the protest to register anger at the hotel's exploitative treatment of women workers. 1987 December 13, Elizabeth Pincus, “Copping To The Mop Scandal”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 22, page 2:
  6. (qualifier:postal, transitive) To record officially and handle specially.
  7. (especially, transitive) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
  8. (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
    • They registered for school.
  9. (intransitive) To make an impression.
    • You’re not listening. You’ve gone off inside your head on one of your riffs and the plain fact that your son is ill hasn’t even registered. The plain fact that I have to wake up every morning and listen to him asking—unbearably asking—why his father isn’t home hasn’t registered. 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 9:
  10. (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
    • The slightly smaller hind print may overlap but seldom registers precisely in the front track. 1974, Robert Elman, The Hunter's Field Guide to the Game Birds and Animals of North America, →ISBN:
    • […] but cat tracks are slightly more staggered, and on each side the back foot registers directly on the track of the front foot. 1992, Dwight R. Schuh, Bowhunter's Encyclopedia: Practical, Easy-to-Find Answers to Your Bowhunting Questions, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 279:
  11. To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
  12. (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
    • I did not register that look to mean anything more than an innocent, friendly smile.
  13. (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
    • It did not register with me at the time that he'd end up betraying me, making off with all my savings.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
registering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
registers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
registre alternative, obsolete lexicographic
registered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
registered Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

deregister · unregister

Deriveds

mass register · nonregistered · registerer · registerable · coregister · preregister · self-registering · registered trademark · unregister · unregistered · auto-register · misregister · reregister · deregister · registerability · autoregister · direct registering · registeree · nonregistering · inregister · registrable · registration · registree

Relateds

registration · registrar

Synonyms

tabulate · schedule · put down · enroll · reserve · enscroll · induct · put down · enroll · put on · enroll · catalogue · register · book · enlist

Translations (139)

bg препоръ́чвам (mail: to record officially and handle specially) · hu beiratkozik (transitive: to enroll as a student) · yue 登記 /登记 (transitive: to enter in a register) · vi ghi danh (to enroll, especially to vote) · el καταχωρώ (transitive: to enter in a register) · ru записа́ть (transitive: to enter in a register) · uk зареєструва́ти (transitive: to enter in a register) · vi ghi danh (transitive: to enter in a register) · bg запи́свам (transitive: to enter in a register) · fr inscrire (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · el μαρτυρώ (to express outward signs) · de registrieren (transitive: to enter in a register) · vi đăng kí (transitive: to enter in a register) · cs pasovat (printing: to adjust so as to be properly aligned) · vi đăng ký (to enroll, especially to vote) · hu bejelent (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · gag registrat olmaa (transitive: to enter in a register) · bg запи́ша (transitive: to enter in a register) · sk zaregistrovať (transitive: to enter in a register) · sk registrovať (transitive: to enter in a register) · cs zaregistrovat (transitive: to enter in a register) · de einschreiben (transitive: to enter in a register) · tr kaydolmak (transitive: to enter in a register) · uk зареєструва́тися (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · bg регистри́рам (transitive: to enter in a register) · ru регистри́роваться (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · vi ghi danh (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · el εγγράφω (transitive: to enter in a register) · vi ghi tên (transitive: to enter in a register) · el εγγράφομαι (to enroll, especially to vote) · hu bejegyez (transitive: to enter in a register) · gl rexistrar (transitive: to enter in a register) · ru запи́сываться (transitive: to enroll as a student) · hu feljegyez (to record, especially in writing) · be рэгістрава́ць (transitive: to enter in a register) · id mendaftar (transitive: to enter in a register) · nl registreren (transitive: to enter in a register) · hu kijelez (to record, especially in writing) · hu bejelentkezik (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · dsb registrowaś (transitive: to enter in a register) · es registrar (transitive: to enter in a register) · ro înregistra (transitive: to enter in a register) · ru записа́ться (transitive: to enroll as a student) · bg впи́свам (to enroll, especially to vote) · vi đăng ký (transitive: to enter in a register) · fr enregistrer (transitive: to enter in a register) · es ser registrado / comprendido por (to make an impression) · fr imprimer (to record, especially in writing) · be рэгістрава́цца (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (transitive: to enter in a register) · cs napasovat (printing: to adjust so as to be properly aligned) · ko 등록하다 (transitive: to enter in a register) · pt registrar (to record, especially in writing) · be зарэгістрава́цца (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · sv rekommendera (mail: to record officially and handle specially) · el εγγράφω (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · el δείχνω (to express outward signs) · bg впи́ша (to enroll, especially to vote) · vi đăng kí (to enroll, especially to vote) · fi rekisteröidä (to record, especially in writing) · tr kaydolmak (transitive: to enroll as a student) · id daftar (transitive: to enter in a register) · fr recaler (printing: to adjust so as to be properly aligned) · tr yazılmak (transitive: to enroll as a student) · da registrere (transitive: to enter in a register) · az qeydiyyatdan keçmək (transitive: to enter in a register) · grc ἀναγράφω (transitive: to enter in a register) · eo registriĝi (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · nb registrere (transitive: to enter in a register) · ru запи́сывать (transitive: to enter in a register) · el εξωτερικεύω (to express outward signs) · hu regisztrál (transitive: to enter in a register) · it registrare (transitive: to enter in a register) · fr inscrire (transitive: to enter in a register) · dsb registrěrowaś (transitive: to enter in a register) · pt inscrever (transitive: to enroll as a student) · fi ilmoittautua (transitive: to enroll as a student) · vi gây ấn tượng (to make an impression) · hu ajánlva ad fel (mail: to record officially and handle specially) · bg впи́свам (transitive: to enter in a register) · az qeydiyyatdan keçirmək (transitive: to enter in a register) · mi rēhita (to enroll, especially to vote) · ota یازمق (to enroll, especially to vote) · bg запи́ша се (transitive: to enroll as a student) · vi đăng kí (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · fi rekisteröityä (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · fi rekisteröidä (to enroll, especially to vote) · fr imprimer (to make an impression) · hu tükröz (to express outward signs) · cs registrovat (transitive: to enter in a register) · fr enregistrer (to record, especially in writing) · yue reg (transitive: to enter in a register) · bg впи́ша (transitive: to enter in a register) · ota یازمق (to record, especially in writing) · ru регистри́ровать (transitive: to enter in a register) · es empadronar (transitive: to enter in a register) · pt registrar (transitive: to enter in a register) · th จดทะเบียน (transitive: to enter in a register) · uk реєструва́тися (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · es registrar (transitive: to enroll as a student) · bg препоръ́чам (mail: to record officially and handle specially) · ru зарегистри́ровать (transitive: to enter in a register) · ar سَجَّلَ (transitive: to enter in a register) · nl inschrijven (transitive: to enter in a register) · bg регистри́рам се (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · mi rēhita (transitive: to enter in a register) · fi olla ojennuksessa (to be in proper alignment) · fi kirjata (mail: to record officially and handle specially) · gl asentar (transitive: to enter in a register) · ja 登録する (transitive: to enter in a register) · hu jelez (to record, especially in writing) · el καταγράφω (to record, especially in writing) · fi rekisteröidä (transitive: to enter in a register) · pl zarejestrować (transitive: to enter in a register) · cmn 登記 /登记 (transitive: to enter in a register) · pl rejestrować (transitive: to enter in a register) · el εγγράφομαι (transitive: to enroll as a student) · es registrarse (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · el καταγράφω (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · fr inscrire (to enroll, especially to vote) · hu feliratkozik (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · pt inscrever (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · hu névjegyzékbeveteti magát (fel) (to enroll, especially to vote) · ms daftar (transitive: to enter in a register) · hu regisztrál (to record, especially in writing) · tr yazılmak (transitive: to enter in a register) · ru зарегистри́роваться (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · fi ilmaista (to express outward signs) · uk реєструва́ти (transitive: to enter in a register) · be зарэгістрава́ць (transitive: to enter in a register) · bg запи́свам се (transitive: to enroll as a student) · fi merkitä (transitive: to enter in a register) · hu kifejez (to express outward signs) · sv registrera (transitive: to enter in a register) · th ลงทะเบียน (transitive: to enter in a register) · vi đăng ký (intransitive: to place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register) · el αναγράφω (mail: to record officially and handle specially) · sv regga (transitive: to enter in a register) · hu mutat (to record, especially in writing)