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register

Meaning in simple English

US /ˈrɛdʒɪstɚ/ · UK /ˈredʒɪstə/

register means: An official list or record of names, events, or transactions.

noun

OFFICIAL LISTB1

An official list or record of names, events, or transactions.

  • Please sign the register.
  • The teacher checked the attendance register.
  • I couldn’t find my name on the electoral register.

How to use it: a register of something (The library keeps a register of its members.); on the register (Your name is on the register.)

Similar words: list, record, roll

Common phrases: attendance register, electoral register, sign the register

CASH MACHINEA2

A shop machine that adds up prices and keeps the money paid by customers.

  • Pay at the register, please.
  • The cashier opened the register.
  • There are three registers near the entrance.

Similar words: cash register, till

Common phrases: cash register, at the register, register drawer

LANGUAGE STYLEC1

A way of speaking or writing that suits a particular situation or group.

  • The letter uses a formal register.
  • Friends usually speak in a relaxed register.
  • Different situations call for different registers.

Similar words: style

Common phrases: formal register, informal register, academic register

NOTE RANGEC1

The range of high or low sounds that a voice or musical instrument produces.

  • Her voice is clear in its lower register.
  • The flute plays in a high register.
  • He moves easily between different vocal registers.

Similar words: range

Common phrases: upper register, lower register, vocal register

verb

SIGN UPB1

To put your name or details on an official list, or add someone else’s.

  • You can register online.
  • She registered her baby’s birth yesterday.
  • Have you registered for the exam?

How to use it: register for something (You must register for the course by Friday.); register with someone/something (I registered with a new doctor.); register someone/something as something (They registered the building as a historic site.)

Similar words: sign up, enroll

Opposites: deregister

Common phrases: register for something, register with someone, register a birth, register someone

FORMALLY EXPRESSC1

To formally tell someone about your complaint, disagreement, or opinion.

  • I want to register a complaint.
  • Residents registered their objections to the plan.
  • The union will register a formal protest.

Similar words: lodge, express

Common phrases: register a complaint, register a protest, register an objection

NOTICEC1

If something does this, you notice it or understand its importance.

  • His name did not register.
  • The news finally registered with her.
  • I heard the question, but it barely registered.

How to use it: register with someone (The significance of her words finally registered with me.)

Similar words: sink in

Common phrases: register with someone, barely register

SHOW MEASUREMENTB2

If a measuring device does this, it shows or records a particular amount.

  • The thermometer registered thirty degrees.
  • The meter registers tiny changes in pressure.
  • Did the scale register your weight correctly?

Similar words: record, show, indicate

Common phrases: register a temperature, register a change, register zero

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