[
US
/ˈɹɛdʒɪstɝ/
]
[ UK /ɹˈɛdʒɪstɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɛdʒɪstɐ/ ]
NOUN
- (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
- (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
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
VERB
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record in a public office or in a court of law
file a complaint
file for divorce - have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
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indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty' - record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
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send by registered mail
I'd like to register this letter -
enroll to vote
register for an election -
enter into someone's consciousness
Did this event register in your parents' minds? -
be aware of
Did you register any change when I pressed the button? -
show in one's face
Her surprise did not register
How To Use register In A Sentence
- The bride and bridegroom signed the register.
- The earthquake registered a magnitude of 6.8, according to early estimates.
- We registered, writing our names and place of residence, and checked for family members.
- In the postwar years, we have seen some tendencies bypass Stalinism and register important achievements.
- High-level synthesis is also called behavioral synthesis, the main task of which is to translate the behavioral description of a digital system into the design of RTL (Register Transfer Level).
- First examine the entries on the marriage register.
- To determine the exact width and thickness of the pieces you'll need, lift up a heat register or threshold and measure the exposed ends of the floorboards.
- If the property remains unsold after the auction i.e. your bid was below the reserve price, speak to the auctioneer to register your interest before leaving the saleroom.
- Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press A displaced child, whose family fled from the Khyber tribal region due to military operations, held onto her mother while waiting to register at the Jalozai camp on the outskirt of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday. Asia in Pictures
- It was the first time I had met the pleasant bloke, though he had registered four years back.
