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register

noun verb

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

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Word length
8
Starts with
R
Ends with
R
Contains
EGISTE
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

ˈɹɛdʒ.ɪs.tə

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Definitions

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

  1. (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

noun

  1. (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

noun

  1. an official written record of names or events or transactions

noun

  1. a book in which names and transactions are listed

verb

  1. enter into someone's consciousness

    “Did this event register in your parents' minds?”

verb

  1. indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

    “The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero”

verb

  1. record in a public office or in a court of law

    “file for divorce”

verb

  1. send by registered mail

    “I'd like to register this letter”

verb

  1. manipulate the registers of an organ

verb

  1. be aware of

    “Did you register any change when I pressed the button?”

verb

  1. show in one's face

    “Her surprise did not register”

verb

  1. enroll to vote

    “register for an election”

verb

  1. record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

verb

  1. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

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Example Sentences

Did this event register in your parents' minds?
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read ‘empty’
file for divorce
file a complaint
I'd like to register this letter
Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
Her surprise did not register
register for an election

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