register

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈrɛdʒ.ɪs.tə/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈrɛdʒ.ɪs.tɚ/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: re‧gis‧ter

Verb

Plain form register

Third-person singular registers

Past tense registered

Past participle registered

Present participle registering

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you register someone or something, you put their name on a list.

   I haven't registered for September classes yet.

   Please take a moment to register your software with the company.

   Our dog is registered with the city.

2. (transitive) If you register a complaint, protest, etc. you make your opinion known formally.
3. (transitive & intransitive) If something doesn't register, you don't notice it.

   I knew I had something else on, but I guess it just didn't register when I made the appointment.

4. (transitive & intransitive) If a measuring instrument registers a value, it shows that value.

   The thermometer registered $42.5$°.

   The change was so small that it didn't register.

Noun

Singular register

Plural registers

A cash register

1. (countable) A register is an official list of names.

   On voting day, I found my name was not on the register and I couldn't vote.

   The government is reviewing the national register of births, deaths, and marriages.

2. (linguistics) A register is a particular style of language used by a certain group of people or in certain situations.

   Speeches are usually given in a very formal, almost written register.

3. (countable) (music) A register is a particular range of notes.

   The piano plays arpeggi in higher registers, accompanying the clarinet that plays the melody in full-blooded lower middle registers.

4. (countable) A cash register is a machine in a shop that calculates total payment and holds money.

Synonyms

• submit
• list
• registry

Related words

• registration
• registrar