English Explanatory Dictionary

register

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
  2. A book of such entries.
  3. An entry in such a book.
  4. The act of registering.
  5. A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
  6. One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
  7. A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
  8. A device that automatically records a quantity.
  9. The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
  10. A list of received calls in a phone set.
  11. A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
  12. The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
verb
  1. To enter in a register; to enlist.
  2. To sign-up, especially to vote.
  3. To record, especially in writing.
  4. To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
  5. To express outward signs.
  6. To record officially and handle specially.
  7. To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
  8. To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
  9. To make an impression.
  10. To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
  11. To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
  12. To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/ /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.stɚ/ En-us-register.ogg /ˈɹed͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ /ˈrɛdʒɪsʈə(r)/ /rɪˈdʒɪsʈə(r)/

Word forms

register registers registre registering registered Regester

Etymology

From Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded”), from Latin regerō (“to record, to carry back”), from re- + gerō (“to carry, bear”). Compare Latin registoria (“a treasurer”). Some senses influenced by association with unrelated Latin regō (“to rule”).

Synonyms

reserve schedule enroll book put down catalogue enlist induct enscroll put on register tabulate

Antonyms

unregister deregister

Related words

registrar registration

Derived words

bell register branch register caregiver register cash register companies register company register electoral register enregister Federal Register flageolet register flute register georegister index register land register metaregister nonconformist register nonregister parish register pen register property register quantum register quregister register file register grate registerial register office register plate registership register ton register variable registry shift register subregister take the register unlimited register machine whistle register registration autoregister auto-register coregister deregister direct registering inregister mass register misregister nonregistered nonregistering preregister registerable registerability registered trademark registeree registerer registrable registree reregister self-registering unregister unregistered
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