1. Record in writing; enter into a book of names, events or transactions
   "The clerk registered the new students"; "The company registered a significant increase in sales"
    
2. (law) record in a public office or in a court of law
   "register for divorce";
   - file
    
3. Enrol to vote
   "register for an election"
    
4. Have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
   "The politician registered to appeal to a broader range of voters";
   - cross-file
    
5. Be aware of
   "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?";
   - record
    
6. Enter into someone's consciousness
   "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
    
7. Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
   "The thermometer registered 32 degrees";
   - read, show, record
    
8. Show in one's face
   "Her surprise did not register"
    
9. (music) manipulate the registers of an organ
   "The organist registered the instrument to achieve the desired tonal quality"
    
10. Send by registered mail
    "I'd like to register this letter"

1. An official written record of names, events or transactions
   "The county register contained records of all property sales";
   - registry
    
2. A book in which names and transactions are listed
   "The hotel kept a register of all guests"
    
3. A cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
   "The cashier rang up the purchases on the cash register";
   - cash register, till
    
4. (computing) 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
   "The CPU stores temporary data in its registers"
    
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
   "The soprano's high register was particularly impressive"
    
6. An air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
   "She closed the floor register to redirect the warm air"
    
7. A regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
   "He adjusted the register to increase the heat in the room"
    
8. (printing) the exact alignment of lines, margins and colours
   "The printer adjusted the register to ensure perfect colour alignment"
    
9. (linguistics) the style of a language used in a particular context
   "She switched to a formal register when addressing the judge"

Derived forms: registers, registered, registering

Type of: affect, air duct, air passage, airway, campaign, cashbox, enrol [Brit, Cdn], enroll [N. Amer], enter, indicate, inscribe, mail, mark, memory device, money box, note, notice, play, post [Brit], put down, quality, raise, record, recruit, regulator, run, send, show, show up, storage device, till, timbre, tone, written account, written record

Part of: furnace, memory, oven, storage, store

Encyclopedia: Register, John