register

Nouns

  • (n) an official written record of names or events or transactions registry,
  • (n) (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
  • (n) a book in which names and transactions are listed
  • (n) (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
  • (n) an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
  • (n) a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
  • (n) a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill cash register,

Verbs

  • (v) record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
  • (v) record in a public office or in a court of law
    • file for divorce
    • file a complaint
    file,
  • (v) enroll to vote
    • register for an election
  • (v) be aware of
    • Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
    record,
  • (v) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
    • The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
    • The gauge read "empty"
    record, read, show,
  • (v) have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties cross-file,
  • (v) show in one's face
    • Her surprise did not register
  • (v) manipulate the registers of an organ
  • (v) send by registered mail
    • I'd like to register this letter
  • (v) enter into someone's consciousness
    • Did this event register in your parents' minds?

Synonyms

registry file record read show cross-file cash register

Words of close approximity

registry
registered registered bond registered mail registered nurse registered post registered representative registered security register language