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Word register
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈredʒɪstə(r) / NAmE / ˈredʒɪstər /
Example
  • a parish register (= of births, marriages and deaths)
  • to be on the electoral register/register of voters
  • could you sign the hotel register please, sir?
  • the teacher called the register (= checked who was present at school).
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register

(noun)BrE / ˈredʒɪstə(r) / NAmE / ˈredʒɪstər /
  1. an official list or record of names, items, etc.; a book that contains such a list
    • a parish register (= of births, marriages and deaths)
    • to be on the electoral register/register of voters
    • Could you sign the hotel register please, sir?
    • The teacher called the register (= checked who was present at school).
  2. the range, or part of a range, of a human voice or a musical instrument
    • in the upper/middle/lower register
  3. the level and style of a piece of writing or speech, that is usually appropriate to the situation that it is used in
    • The essay suddenly switches from a formal to an informal register.
  4. an opening, with a cover that you can have open or shut, that allows hot or cold air from a heating or cooling system into a room
    • compare vent
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/vent_1
    • = cash register
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cash-register

    Extra Examples

    • CEOs who were listed in a social register
    • Dr Shaw was struck off the medical register for misconduct.
    • He has adopted an informal register so as not to alienate his audience.
    • He has been placed on the sex offenders’ register.
    • It was the last entry in the register.
    • She was asked to draw up a register of suitable sites.
    • The Leas married in a register office.
    • The bride and bridegroom signed the register.
    • The teacher takes the register at the beginning of each class.
    • Their names had been entered in the register as owners of the company.
    • There are 36 children on the register.
    • They keep a register of all those who have contributed to the fund.
    • a register containing details of four million cars
    • boy trebles singing in high registers
    • residents listed on the electoral register
    • the keeping of an attendance register
    • the lower register of the piano
    • ways of reconciling bank statements with check registers
    • All births, marriages and deaths were recorded in the parish register.
    • All those appearing on the register must inform the authorities of any change of address.
    • Could you sign the hotel register please?
    • Make sure your name is on the electoral register/register of voters.
    • The boys were put on the at-risk register.
    • The teacher called the register.
    • You can put your name on a register of people who do not wish to receive sales calls.

    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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