register UK /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/US /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/verb 13noun 18forms 3 verb13 •to give a name and other details so that they are kept in an official recordThey registered for school. •To enter in a register; to enlist. •To sign-up, especially to vote. •To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.This is a trial version, and will expire in 30 days. Please register! •To make an impression. •To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.I did not register that look to mean anything more than an innocent, friendly smile. •To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.It did not register with me at the time that he'd end up betraying me, making off with all my savings. •To record, especially in writing.Tottenham, who lost William Gallas to injury before the end, struggled to find any sort of response and did not register a single shot on target. — 2011 •To express outward signs.Members of Boston's lesbian and gay community participated in the protest to register anger at the hotel's exploitative treatment of women workers. — 1987 •To record officially and handle specially. •To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned. •To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.The slightly smaller hind print may overlap but seldom registers precisely in the front track. — 1974 •To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial. noun18 •A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name. •A book of such entries.As you have one eye upon my follies, […] turn another into the register of your own. — 1597 •The act of registering. •A style of a language used in a particular context.We rewrote certain communications templates to use a more formal register. •A device that automatically records a quantity. •The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received. •(US) Ellipsis of cash register. •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.When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack. — 1992 •The range of a voice or instrument. •A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.No. 1 chamber, 1 8x12 side wall register for warm air. No. 2 chamber, 1 8x12 side wall register for warm air. — 1891 •An entry in such a book. •One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.a register of deeds •A list of received calls in a phone set. •The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors. •A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.The east wall is decorated in raised relief with two registers of scenes above a dado showing a northward fecundity figure procession. — 1989 •An organ stop. •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. •The inner part of the mould in which types are cast. formsregistered · registering · registers
