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register Definition

reg·is·ter (rej′is tər)

noun

    1. a record or list of names, events, items, etc., often kept by an official appointed to do so
    2. a book in which this is kept
    3. an entry in such a book or record

  2. Etymology: prob. altered < ME registrer

    a person who keeps such a record, esp. one legally appointed; registrar
  3. registration; registry; enrollment
  4. a device, as a meter or counter, for recording fares paid, money deposited, etc. a cash register
    1. a device in a stove or furnace for controlling the draft, etc.
    2. ☆ an opening into a room by which the amount of warm or cold air passing, as through a duct leading from a furnace or ventilator, can be controlled
  6. Comput. a storage location in the central processing unit
  7. Linguis. that aspect of usage having to do with vocabulary, pronunciation, punctuation, level of formality, etc., chosen by a user in a particular social context
  8. Music
    1. a division of the compass of the human voice or of an instrument all the tones of which are of similar quality
    2. a set of organ pipes controlled by a given stop or the tone quality produced by such a set
  9. Photog. the exact alignment of images, materials, etc., as two negatives
  10. Printing
    1. exact matching in position of pages, lines, etc. on opposite sides of a single sheet
    2. exact imposition of successive colors as they are printed over each other

Etymology: ME registre < MFr < ML registrum, altered form of regestum < LL regesta, records, neut. pl. of L regestus, pp. of regerere, to record, lit., to bring back < re-, back + gerere, to bear

transitive verb

  1. ☆
    1. to enter in or as in a record or list; enroll or record officially
    2. to transcribe permanently, as if in a register
  2. to indicate on or as on a scale a thermometer registers temperature
  3. to show, as by facial expression to register surprise
  4. to commit (valuable mail) to a special postal service for safeguard by payment of a special fee
  5. Printing to cause to be in register

intransitive verb

  1. ☆ to enter one's name in a register, as of a hotel
  2. to have one's name placed on the list of those eligible to vote in an election, by making application in the prescribed way
  3. to enroll in a school, college, etc.
  4. to make an impression
  5. Music to select and combine organ or harpsichord registers
  6. Printing to be in register

register Related Forms

reg′·is·tra·ble (-trə bəl) adjective

register Synonyms

register

n.

  1. A list

    file, registry, roll, catalog, record, ledger, annals, entry, guest book, roster, membership, personnel; see also list, record 1.

  2. A heating regulator

    grate, hot-air opening, vent, radiator, heating unit. See syn. study at list.list.

register Synonyms

register

v.

  1. To record

    check in, enroll, file, make an entry; see list 1, record 1.

  2. To indicate

    point out, point to, record; see designate 1, read 3.

  3. To show

    express, disclose, manifest; see display 1.

  4. To enlist or enroll

    go through registration, check into, sign up for, check in, sign in, join.

register Law Definition

v

To formally enter in a public list (as in register to vote); to make a record of (the defense registered an objection); to file a stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is required before it can be offered for sale.

register Telecom Definition

A high-speed buffer, or region of memory, that is used to store digits or characters for a specific purpose. In telecommunications, a Central Office (CO) switch register stores dialed digits until the caller completes dialing the outgoing telephone number. At that point, the switch analyzes the number and determines how to process the call. If the call is within the CO switch's domain and the target telephone is available, the switch rings that phone and connects the call. If the call is a local call intended for a destination telephone outside the CO switch's domain, it will hand the call off to another CO switch within the local calling area, or perhaps to an intermediate tandem switch. A tandem switch is always involved if the call is long distance or international in nature. See also buffer and shift register.

register Usage Examples

Object

  • trademark: Healthnotes and the Healthnotes logo are registered trademarks of Healthnotes, Inc.
  • trade-mark: CODDAN ® is a certification trade-mark duly registered with the EU Patent and Trademark Office.
  • birth: Registering a Birth To register a birth, you must first contact the Register Office to make an appointment.

Converse of object

  • maintain: The Treasurer shall maintain a register of grants made each year.
  • inspect: Prior to December 1990 only registered owners and persons with the owner's consent could inspect the register.
  • compile: The same two monks in the next year compiled a register of the hospital of Buckland.

Preposition: as

  • elector: The answer is no, you can only vote in the Ward for which you are registered as an elector.
  • proprietor: Squatters still in adverse possession after two years will be entitled to be registered as proprietor.

Adjective modifier

electoral: All Jurors are selected at random by computer from the electoral register.

Adjective complement

blind: When I was 15 my eyesight deteriorated considerably and it was at this point that I became registered blind.

Noun used with modifier

  • parish: The parish Registers go back to 1574, with a gap from 1596 to 1667.
  • burial: Burial Registers for All Saints ( Kingston ), Surrey History Center, Woking.
  • vector: The E command makes the vector register display process ready for input, causing a prompt?

Infinitive complement

  • vote: Electoral registration Information about how to register to vote.
  • post: Read more... » login or register to post comments More Shopping.. .

Preposition: of

  • elector: Once the canvass has been completed we publish a revised version of the register of electors by 1st December each year.
  • baptism: Parish Records and Bishop's Transcripts Each Anglican parish has had to keep registers of baptism, marriage and burial since 1538.

Preposition: with

  • dentist: Dentists In order to receive any form of dental treatment, you must be registered with a dentist.
  • GP: Health Center Contacts Doctors Freshers should register with a GP upon arriving at the University.

Preposition: for

VAT: However, C&E produce a readable booklet entitled Should I be registered for VAT?