register
UK /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ · US /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms registers registering registered registre Regester
- noun A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc. “The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.”
- noun A book of such entries.
- noun An entry in such a book.
- noun The act of registering.
- noun A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- noun One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events. “a register of deeds”
- noun A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- noun A device that automatically records a quantity.
- verb (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- verb (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- verb (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- verb (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment. “This is a trial version, and will expire in 30 days. Please register!”
- verb (transitive) To express outward signs.
- verb (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- verb (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- verb (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register. “They registered for school.”
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
enroll put down catalogue enlist induct enscroll put on tabulate reserve schedule book registry cash register file record read show cross-file
Antonyms
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”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.
- noun (a) A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district.
- verb To enroll; to enter in a list.
- verb To enroll one's name in a register.
Etymology [OE. registre, F. registre, LL. registrum,regestum, L. regesta, pl., fr. regerere, regestum, to carry back, to register; pref. re- re- + gerere to carry. See Jest, and cf. Regest.]
Etymology [Cf. F. regisrer, exregistrer, LL. registrare. See Register, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “register”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details