register
noun
1. an official written record of names or events or transactions
Similar word(s): registry
Definition categories: communication
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
Definition categories: attribute, quality, timber, timbre, tone
3. a book in which names and transactions are listed
Definition categories: possession, record
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
Definition categories: man–made
5. an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
Definition categories: man–made, airway
6. a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
Definition categories: man–made, regulator
7. a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
Definition categories: man–made, cashbox, till
Sentences with register as a noun:
- The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.
- a register of deeds
verb
1. record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
Definition categories: social, enter, record
2. record in a public office or in a court of law
Similar word(s): file
Definition categories: communication, register
3. enroll to vote
- register for an election
Definition categories: social, enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit
4. be aware of
- Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
Similar word(s): record
Definition categories: perception
5. indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
Similar word(s): read, record, show
Definition categories: communication, indicate
6. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
Definition categories: social, campaign, run
7. show in one's face
- Her surprise did not register
Definition categories: perception, show
8. manipulate the registers of an organ
Definition categories: creation, play
9. send by registered mail
- I'd like to register this letter
Definition categories: communication, mail, post, send
10. enter into someone's consciousness
- Did this event register in your parents' minds?