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Word3 register
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /ˈredʒɪstə(r)/ /ˈredʒɪstər/
Example
  • you can also register online.
  • to register a birth/marriage/death
  • to register a company/trademark
  • the site has 114 million registered users.
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register

(verb)/ˈredʒɪstə(r)/ /ˈredʒɪstər/

    Verb Forms

  1. to record your/somebody’s/something’s name on an official list
    • You can also register online.
    • to register a birth/marriage/death
    • to register a company/trademark
    • The site has 114 million registered users.
    • a registered charity
    • We expect about 50 per cent of registered voters to vote in the election.
    • The police has registered a case against the company.
    • The regulations require doctors and patients to register in a database.
    • The ship was registered in Panama.
    • Six other families were also registered at the same address.
    • to register at a hotel
    • She is officially registered disabled.
    • They encouraged all eligible citizens to register as voters.
    • He then registered the name as a trademark.
    • to register with a doctor/dentist
    • All childminders should be registered with the local authority.
    • About 700 people registered for the conference.
    • The drug has not been registered for use in Australia.
    • More than 5 000 people registered to take part in the contest.
    • 78 per cent reported that they were registered to vote.

    Extra Examples

    • About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered by both parents.
    • As I reached my eighteenth birthday I duly registered for military service.
    • He registered at his local university.
    • On completion of the preregistration year, graduates become fully registered by the General Medical Council.
    • Players must register online before playing the game.
    • Students living away from home are required to register with a local doctor.
    • There is still time to register for English classes.
    • They had not properly registered as required by state law.
    • You must register the death within three days.
    • the number of people officially registering as unemployed
    • the preferences of newly registered voters
    • All students must be registered with a local doctor.
    • Many older people have registered for a postal vote.
    • Not all firms are registered for VAT.
    • Only 2% of the workforce was registered as unemployed.
    • The company's logo has not yet been registered as a trademark.
    • Visitors to the country had to register with the police.
    • You need to go to the Registrar's Office to register the death.
  2. to make your opinion known officially or publicly
    • China has registered a protest over foreign intervention.
  3. if a measuring instrument registers an amount or something registers an amount on a measuring instrument, the instrument shows or records that amount
    • The thermometer registered 32°C.
    • The earthquake registered 3 on the Richter scale.
    • The stock exchange has registered huge losses this week.
  4. to show or express a feeling
    • Her face registered disapproval.
    • Shock registered on everyone's face.
  5. to notice something and remember it; to be noticed
    • He barely registered our presence.
    • I told her my name, but it obviously didn't register.
    • He vaguely registered that the women had gone.
    • Slowly, my mind began to register where I was: in the hospital.

    Extra Examples

    • The pain that stung her hand did not seem to register.
    • The words registered slowly in her mind.
    • His eyes failed to register Meredith's surprise.
  6. to send something by mail, paying extra money to protect it against loss or damage
    • Can I register this, please?
    • a registered letter

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Old French regestre or medieval Latin regestrum, registrum, alteration of regestum, singular of late Latin regesta ‘things recorded’, from regerere ‘enter, record’.
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