register

register
re|gis|ter1 W3S3 [ˈredʒıstə US -ər] n
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1¦(official list)¦
2¦(language style)¦
3¦(music)¦
4¦(machine)¦
5¦(heating control)¦
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[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: registre, from Medieval Latin registrum, from Latin regerere 'to bring back']
1.) ¦(OFFICIAL LIST)¦
an official list of names of people, companies etc, or a book that has this list
register of
▪ the official register of births, deaths, and marriages
▪ Have you signed the hotel register ?
▪ Police want a national register of DNA samples.
the electoral register
(=official list of voters)
call/take the register
BrE old-fashioned (=say the names of the students in a class, to check who is there)
2.) ¦(LANGUAGE STYLE)¦ [U and C]
technical the words, style, and grammar used by speakers and writers in a particular situation or in a particular type of writing
formal/informal register
▪ letters written in a formal register
3.) ¦(MUSIC)¦ technical
the range of musical notes that someone's voice or a musical instrument can reach
the upper/middle/lower register
▪ the upper register of the cello
4.) ¦(MACHINE)¦
5.) ¦(HEATING CONTROL)¦ AmE
a movable metal plate that controls the flow of air in a ↑heating or ↑cooling system
= ↑vent
register 2
register2 W3 v
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1¦(on a list)¦
2¦(state your opinion)¦
3¦(realize)¦
4¦(measurement)¦
5¦(show a feeling)¦
6¦(mail)¦
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1.) ¦(ON A LIST)¦ [I and T]
to put someone's or something's name on an official list
▪ The tanker is registered in Rotterdam.
register for
▪ How many students have registered for English classes?
register with
▪ You must bring your insurance card with you when you register with a dentist or doctor.
register a birth/death/marriage
▪ The baby's birth was registered this morning.
be registered (as) unemployed/disabled etc
BrE (=be on an official list of a particular group)
2.) ¦(STATE YOUR OPINION)¦ [T] formal
to officially state your opinion about something so that everyone knows what you think or feel
▪ The delegation registered a formal protest with US embassy officials Wednesday.
3.) ¦(REALIZE)¦ [I usually in negatives, T]
if something registers, or if you register it, you realize or notice it, and then remember it
▪ She had told me her name before, but I guess it didn't register.
▪ I'd been standing there for several minutes before he registered my presence.
4.) ¦(MEASUREMENT)¦ [I and T]
if an instrument registers an amount or if something registers on it, the instrument shows that amount
▪ The thermometer registered 98.6°.
▪ The earthquake registered 7.2 on the Richter scale.
5.) ¦(SHOW A FEELING)¦ [T] formal
to show or express a feeling
▪ Her face registered shock and anger.
6.) ¦(MAIL)¦ [T]
BrE to send a package, letter etc by ↑registered post
▪ Did you register the parcel?

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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