register
noun
- 1
a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- 2
a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- 3
an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- 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
(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
an official written record of names or events or transactions
- 7
a book in which names and transactions are listed
verb
- 1
enter into someone's consciousness
Did this event register in your parents' minds?
- 2
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty'
- 3
record in a public office or in a court of law
file for divorce
file a complaint
- 4
send by registered mail
I'd like to register this letter
- 5
manipulate the registers of an organ
Synonyms
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