register
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/
ipa: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹed͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈrɛdʒɪsʈə(r)/
note: Indic
ipa: /rɪˈdʒɪsʈə(r)/
Forms: form: registers
form: registering
form: registered
form: registered
form: registre
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”).
Senses: synonyms: word: enroll
word: put down
word: catalogue
word: enlist
word: enroll
word: induct
word: enscroll
word: put down
word: put on
word: register
word: tabulate
glosses: To enter in a register; to enlist.
examples: text: I am running for President to take this country in a new direction. But I can’t do it alone. I need you. Whether it’s the first time, or the first time in a long time, I need you to register and vote on November 4th.
ref: 2008, Barack Obama, “Letter to Vibe Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: To sign-up, especially to vote.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
text: In every way dinner proved up beyond my expectations, and I registered a note that the cook, whoever or whatever he might be, was a capable man at his trade.
ref: 1914, Jack London, chapter VII, in The Mutiny of the Elsinore:
glosses: To record, especially in writing.
examples: text: This is a trial version, and will expire in 30 days. Please register!
glosses: To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
examples: text: Members of Boston's lesbian and gay community participated in the protest to register anger at the hotel's exploitative treatment of women workers.
ref: 1987 December 13, Elizabeth Pincus, “Copping To The Mop Scandal”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 22, page 2:
glosses: To express outward signs.
qualifier: postal
glosses: To record officially and handle specially.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
examples: They registered for school.
glosses: To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
examples: text: You’re not listening. You’ve gone off inside your head on one of your riffs and the plain fact that your son is ill hasn’t even registered. The plain fact that I have to wake up every morning and listen to him asking—unbearably asking—why his father isn’t home hasn’t registered.
ref: 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: To make an impression.
examples: text: The slightly smaller hind print may overlap but seldom registers precisely in the front track.
ref: 1974, Robert Elman, The Hunter's Field Guide to the Game Birds and Animals of North America, →ISBN:
text: […] but cat tracks are slightly more staggered, and on each side the back foot registers directly on the track of the front foot.
ref: 1992, Dwight R. Schuh, Bowhunter's Encyclopedia: Practical, Easy-to-Find Answers to Your Bowhunting Questions, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 279:
glosses: To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
topics: law
glosses: To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
examples: text: I did not register that look to mean anything more than an innocent, friendly smile.
glosses: To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
examples: text: It did not register with me at the time that he'd end up betraying me, making off with all my savings.
glosses: To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
Synonyms: reserve
schedule
enroll
book
Derived terms: autoregister
auto-register
coregister
deregister
direct registering
misregister
nonregistered
nonregistering
preregister
registerable
registerability
registered trademark
registeree
registerer
registration
reregister
unregister
unregistered
Related terms: registrar
registration