register

noun

  1. 1

    a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill

  2. 2

    a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device

  3. 3

    an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room

  4. 4

    (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

  5. 5

    (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

  6. 6

    an official written record of names or events or transactions

  7. 7

    a book in which names and transactions are listed

verb

  1. 1

    enter into someone's consciousness

    Did this event register in your parents' minds?

  2. 2

    indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

    The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero

    The gauge read `empty'

  3. 3

    record in a public office or in a court of law

    file for divorce

    file a complaint

  4. 4

    send by registered mail

    I'd like to register this letter

  5. 5

    manipulate the registers of an organ

Synonyms

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