register1 nounregister2 verb
registerre‧gis‧ter1 /ˈredʒɪstə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL noun 
WORD ORIGINregister1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French registre, from Medieval Latin registrum, from Latin regerere ‘to bring back’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a register of qualified translators
- a check register
- a civil register of births, deaths, and marriages
- Business letters should be written in a formal register.
- Hyatt signed the hotel guest register.
- Keep plants away from the hot air registers.
- Make sure your name is on the electoral register in good time.
- Teachers were reminded that school attendance registers were actually legal documents.
- The railroad station is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
- To find out about her family history, she looked through the register of births, marriages, and deaths.
- Why are there 1 million people missing from the electoral register?
- Despite this the government needs to give some thought to the practices of doctors not on the medical register.
- He claimed to be entitled to rectification of the register both as against the Hammonds and as against the building society.
- Is this one of the reasons why 1 million people are missing off the electoral register?
- Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.
- Miller said stores typically are offered free register tape by private vendors who sell advertising space on the back of the tape.
- The result is a range of different genres of literary criticism and literary theory, to some extent distinguished by register.
- What is the difference between a register and a list in relation to data protection?
THESAURUS
a set of names, places, jobs you need to do etc, which are written one below the other: · Henry’s name wasn’t on the list.· She made a list of the people she wanted to invite to the wedding.· Could I have a list of hotels in Bournemouth and the surrounding area?· I forgot to bring my shopping list with me.
a list of things you need or things you have to do which you keep in order to help you remember them: · Use a checklist when visiting properties to buy, so that you keep a record of which features you liked and didn’t like.· I made a checklist of things I needed to do before the holiday.
a list of the most suitable people for a job or prize, chosen from a larger group of people: · Her name is on the shortlist for the Booker Prize.· You were lucky to even get onto the shortlist.· A shortlist is drawn up, from which the successful candidate will be chosen.
an official list containing the names of all the people, organizations, or things of a particular type: · a register of qualified translators· a civil register of births, deaths, and marriages· Make sure your name is on the electoral register (=the official list of people who can vote).
British English, program American English a list of all the activities or events that have been planned, especially one that shows when each event will happen: · First on the programme is a speech by the organizer, Mrs Jenkins.· A spectacular program of exhibitions, displays and competitions has been planned.· Because of bad weather, our programme of events has had to be changed slightly.
a list of the subjects that will be discussed at a meeting: · Have you got a copy of the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting?· the next item on the agenda· The fuel crisis will be at the top of the agenda for today’s board meeting.
an alphabetical list of names and subjects at the back of a book, that shows which page they are mentioned on: · It’s a lot quicker if you use the index.· I looked up his name in the index.
a list of everything in a house, factory, or shop, written so that you know exactly what is there: · Some of the things in the shop were not listed in the inventory.· The company keeps a full inventory of its equipment.make an inventory: · She made an inventory of everything in the apartment.
information about something that is written down: · your medical records· the public records office· I have to keep a record of all my spending when I’m travelling on business.
a set of written records, or information stored on a computer under a particular name: · He began reading the file on the case.· I think I may have accidentally deleted the file.
(also books informal) an exact record of the money that a company has received and spent: · Companies are required by law to publish their annual accounts.· Someone had been falsifying the accounts.· The company’s books all seemed to be in order.
one of the official books in which a company’s financial records are kept, which show how much it has received and spent: · The costs have been moved from one column of the ledger to another.
an official written record of what is said and decided at a meeting: · Both points are mentioned in the minutes of the last meeting on August 3rd.
a book in which you regularly write down the things that have happened to you: · In his diary he wrote, ‘It s lovely having him here, we’ve had so many cosy talks.’· I’ll just check in my diary to see if I’m free.
a web page on the Internet on which someone regularly writes about their life, opinions, or a particular subject: · I may not always agree with David, but I always read his blog.
an official list of names of people, organizations etc: · Guests must sign the hotel register.· the national register of births, deaths, and marriages· Lloyds Register of Shipping
an official list of names, especially of people who are allowed to do something such as vote or be in a class at school: · the electoral roll (=list of people who can vote in an area)· The teacher called the roll (=read out the list of the names of the students, who then have to say if they are present).
an official record that is kept on a ship or plane: · Mr Appleby said he complained to a senior officer, who made a note in the ship’s log.
Longman Language Activatora list of people a set of the names of people in a particular place, on a course etc, written one below the other and kept as a record: list of: · A list of competitors will be posted on the main notice board.waiting list (=a list of people who are waiting to do something): · I'm afraid the English course is already full, and there is a waiting list.guest list: · This is the guest list for the wedding.draw up a list: · I drew up a list of all the jobs I had to do in the house.cross somebody off the list (=remove someone's name from a list): · Sarah's name had been crossed off the list of candidates.
British a list of a small group of people, chosen from a larger group, from which you choose one person for a job: on/onto a shortlist: · You were lucky to even get onto the shortlist.draw up a shortlist (of people): · After the first set of interviews, we will draw up a shortlist of candidates we wish to interview a second time.
an official list containing the names of all the people, organizations, or things of a particular type: register of: · a register of qualified translators· a civil register of births, deaths, and marriageselectoral register (=an official list of people who can vote in an election): · Make sure your name is on the electoral register in good time.
an official list of the names of people at a meeting, in a class etc: · The school now has a roll of over 2,000 children.on a roll: · His name was not on the voters' roll.
a list of people and the jobs they each have to do: roster for: · We organized a roster for cleaning the house.on a roster: · I noticed that my name was not on the night duty roster.
information that is kept so that it can be used or looked at later information that is collected gradually over a long period of time, so that it can be looked at when necessary: · I've checked the student records, and I can't find any mention of her name.· The results of the blood test will be noted in your medical records.record of: · The hotel should have a record of who stayed there last month.
a collection of records that provide information about the history of a country, organization, family etc: · New evidence has come to light from the 40-year-old United Nations archives.· The Public Record Office is a central repository for all government archives.
an official list of names kept for legal purposes that records information such as who attends a particular school, who has been born or has died, or who is legally allowed to do something: · Teachers were reminded that school attendance registers were actually legal documents.electoral register (=a list of the names and addresses of all the people who are old enough to vote): · Why are there 1 million people missing from the electoral register?register of: · To find out about her family history, she looked through the register of births, marriages, and deaths.
an official written record of something, especially a journey in a ship or plane: · He complained to a senior officer, who made a note in the ship's log.log of: · Alice had to write up a detailed log of the trip, complete with scientific data.
a historical record in which events are recorded in the order in which they happened: · Chronicles written by Roman scholars can give us a good idea of how their political system worked.chronicle of: · The report is a chronicle of the history of the Party since its formation.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Have you signed the hotel register? Police want a national register of DNA samples. letters written in a formal register the upper register of the celloCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Have you signed the hotel register? Police want a national register of DNA samples. (=official list of voters)
British English old-fashioned (=say the names of the students in a class, to check who is there)
letters written in a formal register the upper register of the cello (=an official list of people in this situation)
(=letters insured against loss or damage)· You have to sign for registered mail.
(=put your name on a list of voters)· We must encourage people to register to vote.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Compliance unit in London office maintains a central register of all corporate finance engagement letters obtained by the firm.· A central register of information blacklisted certain people, particularly those who passed bad cheques and placed fraudulent overseas orders.· Some landowners may have the results of past exploration programmes but there is no central register for this information.· The two birth registry controls were chosen by staff employed at the central register in Southport.
· The commission estimates the population on the basis of the electoral register - but is working with the artificially low 1991 registers.· Go to the reference library and look up the electoral register for the last ten years or so.· The other method for collecting facts about potential purchasers is through published lists - like the telephone directory or the electoral register.· Is this one of the reasons why 1 million people are missing off the electoral register?· This register is not identical to the electoral register and includes foreigners resident in this country and others not entitled to vote.· Mr Alton said that the poll tax meant many people had dodged electoral registers in a bid to avoid payment.· The poll tax registers, unlike the electoral registers, are updated monthly.
· We have divided the cellos in order to obtain intensity of tone from their high register.· Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.· This method of obscuring chords only in higher registers is quite usual, as it gives a good equilibrium to the harmony.· The high registers contain parameters passed from above the current procedure.
· In the Allegretto the music begins in the sombre low register and gradually rises through the octaves.· His tone is ample and distinctive, especially in the jowly lower register of the instrument.· The oscilloscope graph of both voices was flattened in the lower register: tension was restricting the movement of their vocal chords.· The circlet is enriched by enamel plaques of Byzantine manufacture, alternating on the lower register with jewels en cabochon.· The commission estimates the population on the basis of the electoral register - but is working with the artificially low 1991 registers.· I had gripped the gnome's face when I heard the weaving, low registers of Leon's clarinet.· Another factor is that the characteristics of intervals are greatly increased in the low registers and decreased in the upper.
· The idea would be to compile over a short period a national register of wealth holdings.· Firstly, we need a national register of hip replacements and revisions to provide an accurate measure of revision rate.· The information is then entered on to a National Security register at the firm's headquarters in Banbury.· Registrar-General, keeper of the national register of births, deaths, and marriages.
· Local authorities will be required to hold public registers of information.· The agencies will have to have available for public scrutiny a register giving details of consents granted and results of effluent samples.· The information could then be put on a public register.· Proposals include a public register of documents and a tight list of exemptions.
· There is a trumpet-like incisiveness in the middle and upper registers and a positively ringing sound at the top.· The oboe tends to lose power and body in its upper register, but with the clarinet the opposite is the case.
NOUN· One control was selected from both the delivery register and birth register.· Analyses were also performed with birth register and delivery register controls separately.
· I ask only one favour: please bring me a pound's worth of silver from the Swan's cash register.· By the time I got my chance at the cash register, my white friends had been promoted to management.· The authorities reacted by ruling that tamper-proof electronic cash registers must be used.· Exasperated customers were elbowing through the aisles in search of the cash registers.· So methods have been developed to dissuade you from wandering off to somebody else's cash register.· If anything, he said, what they heard was that cash register.· National chromed cash register, £220.· So you pick out one and follow him back to the cash register.
· Each guest must be the subject of a separate entry in the hotel register.
· Yet both were the first in either family to sign the marriage register with more than a cross.
· This also explains why there is no record of the burials in the parish register.· The plaintiff was unlawfully charged for making extracts from a parish register, and was held entitled to recover back the payments.· The surplus recorded in the parish register must have been lost through migration to other places.· Wherever possible, they should be used in conjunction with parish registers and other sources.· Indeed, in the author's own village the parish register was being kept in Latin as late as 1657.· Such measures of absences from parish registers are the crudest of indicators, but other evidence points in the same direction.
VERB· The Law Society keeps a register for those seeking articles, but many applicants fail to be placed in this way.· What advice would he give local authorities which might want to keep not a register but a list?· It is absolutely different from keeping a register of every adult in the community.· First, it became the rule that the kazaskers should keep a separate register specifically for the purpose of enrolling.· Microprocessors keep multiple banks of registers on the chip to avoid register saving and restoring.· This will go to be tissue typed and the results will be kept on the confidential register.· Welcome and maintain personal contact with all Qualified Teachers. Keep register of attendance.· The Senate keeps a register of vacant places in chambers, both in London and in the provinces.
· Compliance unit in London office maintains a central register of all corporate finance engagement letters obtained by the firm.· One reason for this is the need to maintain an up-to-date register of those liable to pay.· To maintain the child protection register, and to chair review meetings for registered children. 3.· The Secretary of State must maintain a register of such orders which is open to inspection.· Unlike the membership register a company is not compelled to maintain a register of debentureholders.· Many larger authorities maintain a separate register of interests which is available for public inspection.
· Yet both were the first in either family to sign the marriage register with more than a cross.· No one had signed the register for eight days.· I did not feel completely safe - for I had signed the register with my new name.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- All three, when they achieve greatness, have also an undeniable high style which separates them from the pedestrian mobs.
- Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.
- Like a high, high register.
- Solarium in the back, pillars and driveway fountain and the high style in the front.
- The high registers contain parameters passed from above the current procedure.
- This high style comes from Panache Fresh and simply stunning.
- This method of obscuring chords only in higher registers is quite usual, as it gives a good equilibrium to the harmony.
- We have divided the cellos in order to obtain intensity of tone from their high register.
WORD FAMILYnounregisterregistrationregistryverbregister
1official list [countable] an official list of names of people, companies etc, or a book that has this listregister of the official register of births, deaths, and marriages Have you signed the hotel register? Police want a national register of DNA samples.the electoral register (=official list of voters)call/take the register British English old-fashioned (=say the names of the students in a class, to check who is there)2language style [countable, uncountable] technical the words, style, and grammar used by speakers and writers in a particular situation or in a particular type of writingformal/informal register letters written in a formal register3music [countable] technical the range of musical notes that someone’s voice or a musical instrument can reachthe upper/middle/lower register the upper register of the cello4machine [countable] a cash register5heating control [countable] American English a movable metal plate that controls the flow of air in a heating or cooling system SYN ventregister1 nounregister2 verb
registerregister2 ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb VERB TABLE
register
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | register |
| he, she, it | registers | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | registered |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have registered |
| he, she, it | has registered | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had registered |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will register |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have registered |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am registering |
| he, she, it | is registering | |
| you, we, they | are registering | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was registering |
| you, we, they | were registering | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been registering |
| he, she, it | has been registering | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been registering |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be registering |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been registering |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Caitlin watched his face, which registered a mixture of alarm and astonishment.
- Call or write to the consumer affairs board to register your complaint.
- Dyson is the boat's registered owner.
- It was only when I mentioned the money that she registered a flicker of interest.
- More than 4.3 million people registered for shares.
- Owners had until the end of 1990 to register their weapons.
- Rare roast beef should register 115 degrees in the center when tested.
- She told me her name, but it just didn't register at the time.
- The biggest quake registered 5.2 on the Richter scale.
- The faces of the jury registered no emotion.
- The jelly is ready for bottling when the thermometer registers 165 degrees.
- The new students were told that they must register with the University before they could claim their grants.
- They claimed that the new rules would discourage people from registering as unemployed.
- Wind speeds registering between 70 and 100 mph have been recorded.
- You had to register a baby's birth within a month.
- All endoscopically proved ulcer relapses were then registered.
- Hundreds of thousands have registered in the wake of the march, he said, including 30, 000 in Atlanta alone.
- Oh, I'd registered when I was eighteen, like everyone else.
- Seems back in the 1970s a young Egan once registered briefly as a Commie.
- This will change the voltage at any porthole whose current line is affected, and the appropriate voltmeter will register the fact.
- We were left with a grab bag of effects, only a modicum of which registered.
- When does an agreement need to be registered?
Longman Language Activatorto keep information about something, so that it can be used or looked at later
to write down information or store it on a computer, so that it can be looked at later, especially official information about numbers or amounts: · Make sure you record the date you bought the tickets.· Only 13 cases of this disease have ever been recorded.record that: · A final communiqué recorded that "a thorough and candid discussion has taken place".
to record information about a situation or a set of events over a period of time in order to show how it changes or develops: · She aims to chart new cases of cancer in areas around nuclear power stations.· The computer will chart the spacecraft's progress as it approaches Saturn.chart how: · The article charts how adverts, in the past and in the present, have succeeded in linking the cigarette with sophistication.
to write down details of things you have done or things that have happened because it may be important to have this information available at a later time: · The hospital has only just started to keep a record, but so far they have treated six people for this type of injury.keep a record of: · She always keeps a record of how much money she spends.· Employees were asked to keep a detailed record of any accidents that occurred in the workplace.
to write about important events, activities, and developments and record all the facts and details connected with them: · Many writers have documented the changes in feminist politics over the last decade.· Attempts to document social problems in some parts of the country had been difficult.
to put something such as your name on an official list or record: · You had to register a baby's birth within a month.register as: · They claimed that the new rules would discourage people from registering as unemployed.register with: · The new students were told that they must register with the University before they could claim their grants.register for: · More than 4.3 million people registered for shares.
to publicly say something that you want to be recorded, because you think it is important: · Yes, we do remember your initial objections, but unfortunately you didn't place them on record.put/place on record that: · The lawyer asked the court to put on record that her client had always been co-operative.
to make an official record of events or facts, either in writing or on a computer: · All deliveries must be logged.· The system can log the date and length of calls made by company employees.
to show your thoughts or feelings to behave in a way that shows people how you feel or what you character is like: · Paul didn't show much interest in the idea.· I just want you to show some respect, just for once.· If you're pleased, you've got a funny way of showing it.show how angry/upset/happy etc you are: · The hostages showed great courage in a very frightening situation.· I was determined not to show how upset I felt.
to behave in a way that shows people how you feel or what your character is like. Display is more formal than show: · I'm displaying my ignorance here, but could you just tell us exactly what your job as a geologist involves?· The previous government displayed a notable lack of enthusiasm for women's rights.· The contestants here today have displayed tremendous skill.
to do something in order to deliberately and clearly show an attitude or feeling: · Brenda wanted to demonstrate her sympathy in a practical way.· The new law was intended to demonstrate the government's concern for the lowest paid workers.
formal to clearly show how you feel: · The prisoner exhibited no emotion when the sentence was read out.· Anyone who exhibits extreme anxiety in the face of potential danger is unlikely to become an effective military leader.
especially written to show a feeling by the expression on your face, especially when you are reacting to something that happens or to what someone has said: · Caitlin watched his face, which registered a mixture of alarm and astonishment.· It was only when I mentioned the money that she registered a flicker of interest.
to show information or measurements on a machine or sign · The airline's passenger brochure shows air-routes, aircraft speeds and arrival and departure times.· A menu showing the options will appear on the computer screen.· I think that clock must be showing the wrong time.show that · The graph shows that gas volume increases with temperature.
especially spoken to show a particular distance, time, speed etc: · Although we must have done about 100 miles, the petrol gauge still said half-full.· What does your watch say? I think mine's stopped.
if a computer or sign displays information, it shows the information in a way that makes it easy to see or notice: · Press 'Enter' to display the sorted mailing list.· The licence must be clearly displayed in the car windscreen.
if an instrument for measuring indicates information, it shows that information: · The temperature gauge indicated zero.· This dial indicates oil pressure in the engine.
if a piece of equipment registers a particular speed, distance, time etc, that speed, distance etc has reached a particular point on the equipment's scale: · The jelly is ready for bottling when the thermometer registers 165 degrees.· Wind speeds registering between 70 and 100 mph have been recorded.· The biggest quake registered 5.2 on the Richter scale.
WORD SETSbanish, verbbill of rights, nounbirthright, nounburgher, nouncrown colony, noundefect, verbdemocracy, noundeport, verbdeportee, noundisplaced person, nounelectorate, noungreen card, nounID, nounID card, nounidentification, nounidentity card, nounillegal, nounillegal immigrant, nounimmigration, nounnational, nounnationality, nounnon-resident, nounpatriot, nounpublic, adjectiverefugee, nounregister, verbrepatriate, verbsponsor, nounstateless, adjectivesubject, nounvassal, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The baby’s birth was registered this morning. The delegation registered a formal protest with US embassy officials Wednesday.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The baby’s birth was registered this morning. British English (=be on an official list of a particular group)
The delegation registered a formal protest with US embassy officials Wednesday. (=an official list of people in this situation)
(=letters insured against loss or damage)· You have to sign for registered mail.
(=put your name on a list of voters)· We must encourage people to register to vote.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· If both husband and wife are registered as blind, they can each claim the allowance.· Numbers registered as out of work rose from just over a million in 1979 to over 3 million in 1983.· Poisoning incidents have been registered as far back as 1842.· In January 4,365 people were registered as unemployed in Darlington.· This applies particularly to students on long-term medication and those registered as disabled persons.· Visual acuity is often normal even when the field of vision is so poor that the child is registered as blind.· There were between a quarter and a half a million people registered as out of work.· In the mid-1980s this was revamped into the LDA-500 Boxer and registered as G-UTIL.
· He had barely registered this fact when he felt a tap on his shoulder.· Fonda barely registers in an underwritten role.· There was a faint sputtering noise behind, but he barely registered the sound or noticed the flicker.· Until his strong third-place showing in the Iowa caucuses, Alexander barely registered in the polls.
NOUN· But even when both parents register a birth, they may not stay together long.
· We shall be looking at the process of registering a death in chapter 11.· I got in the car and the three of us went to register the death.· The doctor may provide a leaflet explaining how to register the death and should be able to advise where to do so.
· But what if Yahoo! felt the need to register itself under both domains?· The company charges $ 100 to register new domains and $ 50 a year for subsequent renewals.· The service provider will register the domain name for the customer and act as the customer mail forwarder.· Verio's new self-serve domain name registration services provide customers with an easy-to-use and faster way to register and manage domain names.
· In early June, a number of citizens courageously defied religious zealots to register their protest while calling for conciliation and peace.· Having registered his protest, would Ray be content to sit down?· Nine Republicans either registered a protest by voting for no one specifically, or voted for some one else.
VERB· He and Richard must have heard about these things but in general they had failed to register.· One can assemble the various tests that fail to register differences between the sexes in humans.· As to negligence it was true that Moorgate Mercantile had been careless in failing to register their hire purchase agreement.· Receiving offices had failed to register loans on the computer.· But by failing to register in time you will have lost the chance of being given preference in allocation.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- All three, when they achieve greatness, have also an undeniable high style which separates them from the pedestrian mobs.
- Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.
- Like a high, high register.
- Solarium in the back, pillars and driveway fountain and the high style in the front.
- The high registers contain parameters passed from above the current procedure.
- This high style comes from Panache Fresh and simply stunning.
- This method of obscuring chords only in higher registers is quite usual, as it gives a good equilibrium to the harmony.
- We have divided the cellos in order to obtain intensity of tone from their high register.
WORD FAMILYnounregisterregistrationregistryverbregister
1on a list [intransitive, transitive] to put someone’s or something’s name on an official list: The tanker is registered in Rotterdam.register for How many students have registered for English classes?register with You must bring your insurance card with you when you register with a dentist or doctor.register a birth/death/marriage The baby’s birth was registered this morning.be registered (as) unemployed/disabled etc British English (=be on an official list of a particular group)2state your opinion [transitive] formal to officially state your opinion about something so that everyone knows what you think or feel: The delegation registered a formal protest with US embassy officials Wednesday.3realize [intransitive usually in negatives, transitive] if something registers, or if you register it, you realize or notice it, and then remember it: She had told me her name before, but I guess it didn’t register. I’d been standing there for several minutes before he registered my presence.4measurement [intransitive, transitive] if an instrument registers an amount or if something registers on it, the instrument shows that amount: The thermometer registered 98.6°. The earthquake registered 7.2 on the Richter scale.5show a feeling [transitive] formal to show or express a feeling: Her face registered shock and anger.6mail [transitive] British English to send a package, letter etc by registered post: Did you register the parcel?- satirist
- satirize
- satisfaction
- satisfactorily
- satisfactory
- satisfied
- satisfy
- satisfying
- sat-nav
- satphone
- satsuma
- saturate
- saturated
- saturated fat
- saturation
- saturation point
- Saturday
- Saturday Evening Post, The
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Saturday Night Fever
- Saturday Night Live
- Saturday night special
- Saturn
- saturnalia
- saturnine