register

Word family  noun register registration registry verb register

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re·gis·ter1 /ˈredʒɪstə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL noun  1  official list 正式名单 [countable]PGLIST an official list of names of people, companies etc, or a book that has this list 名册；登记簿，注册簿register of the official register of births, deaths, and marriages 出生、死亡和结婚的官方登记册 Have you signed the hotel register? 你在酒店登记簿上签名了吗？ Police want a national register of DNA samples. 警方想要一个全国范围的DNA样本登记册。the electoral register (=official list of voters) 选民登记册call/take the register British English old-fashioned (=say the names of the students in a class, to check who is there) 〔上课时〕点名2  language style 语言风格 [countable, uncountable] technicalSL the words, style, and grammar used by speakers and writers in a particular situation or in a particular type of writing 语体；语域formal/informal register letters written in a formal register 用正式语体写的信3  music 音乐 [countable] technicalAPM the range of musical notes that someone’s voice or a musical instrument can reach 〔嗓音或乐器的〕音域；声区；音区the upper/middle/lower register the upper register of the cello 大提琴的高音区4. machine 机器 [countable]x-ref a cash register 现金出纳机，现金收入记录机5. heating control 加热控制装置 [countable] American EnglishTPCONTROL a movable metal plate that controls the flow of air in a heating or cooling system 〔供暖或制冷设备上控制气流的〕调风器，节气门 SYN vent

Examples from the Corpus

register• What is the difference between a register and a list in relation to data protection?• a register of qualified translators• Keep plants away from the hot air registers.• Teachers were reminded that school attendance registers were actually legal documents.• The result is a range of different genres of literary criticism and literary theory, to some extent distinguished by register.• a check register• a civil register of births, deaths, and marriages• Why are there 1 million people missing from the electoral register?• Is this one of the reasons why 1 million people are missing off the electoral register?• Make sure your name is on the electoral register in good time.• Business letters should be written in a formal register.• Miller said stores typically are offered free register tape by private vendors who sell advertising space on the back of the tape.• Hyatt signed the hotel guest register.• Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.• Despite this the government needs to give some thought to the practices of doctors not on the medical register.• The railroad station is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.• He claimed to be entitled to rectification of the register both as against the Hammonds and as against the building society.• To find out about her family history, she looked through the register of births, marriages, and deaths.hotel register• Each guest must be the subject of a separate entry in the hotel register.the upper/middle/lower register• The circlet is enriched by enamel plaques of Byzantine manufacture, alternating on the lower register with jewels en cabochon.

Related topics: Citizenship, Mail

register2 ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb  1  on a list 列在名单上 [intransitive, transitive]PGCLIST to put someone’s or something’s name on an official list 记录，登记 The tanker is registered in Rotterdam. 这艘油轮是在鹿特丹登记的。register for How many students have registered for English classes? 有多少学生注册选修英语课了？register with You must bring your insurance card with you when you register with a dentist or doctor. 向牙医或医生登记的时候必须带保险卡。register a birth/death/marriage The baby’s birth was registered this morning. 今天早上给宝宝做了出生登记。be registered (as) unemployed/disabled etc British English (=be on an official list of a particular group) 登记为失业者/残疾人等2  state your opinion 发表意见 [transitive] formalSAY/STATE to officially state your opinion about something so that everyone knows what you think or feel 正式表达，说明 The delegation registered a formal protest with US embassy officials Wednesday. 代表团在星期三向美国大使馆官员提出了正式抗议。3  realize 意识到 [intransitive usually in negatives, transitive]REALIZE if something registers, or if you register it, you realize or notice it, and then remember it 受到注意；注意到，记住 She had told me her name before, but I guess it didn’t register. 她以前告诉过我她的名字，不过我好像没在意。 I’d been standing there for several minutes before he registered my presence. 我在那儿站了好几分钟，他才注意到我。4  measurement 度量 [intransitive, transitive]TM if an instrument registers an amount or if something registers on it, the instrument shows that amount 〔仪器或读数〕显示；记录 The thermometer registered 98.6°. 温度计上显示98.6度。 The earthquake registered 7.2 on the Richter scale. 这次地震为里氏震级7.2级。5  show a feeling 流露感情 [transitive] formalSHOW A FEELING OR ATTITUDE to show or express a feeling 流露，表露 Her face registered shock and anger. 她脸上流露出震惊和愤怒。6  mail 邮件 [transitive] British EnglishTCM to send a package, letter etc by registered post 以挂号寄送 Did you register the parcel? 那包裹你是用挂号邮寄的吗？→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

register• Rare roast beef should register 115 degrees in the center when tested.• The jelly is ready for bottling when the thermometer registers 165 degrees.• The biggest quake registered 5.2 on the Richter scale.• All endoscopically proved ulcer relapses were then registered.• We were left with a grab bag of effects, only a modicum of which registered.• When does an agreement need to be registered?• You had to register a baby's birth within a month.• It was only when I mentioned the money that she registered a flicker of interest.• Caitlin watched his face, which registered a mixture of alarm and astonishment.• They claimed that the new rules would discourage people from registering as unemployed.• She told me her name, but it just didn't register at the time.• Wind speeds registering between 70 and 100 mph have been recorded.• Seems back in the 1970s a young Egan once registered briefly as a Commie.• More than 4.3 million people registered for shares.• Hundreds of thousands have registered in the wake of the march, he said, including 30,000 in Atlanta alone.• The faces of the jury registered no emotion.• Dyson is the boat's registered owner.• This will change the voltage at any porthole whose current line is affected, and the appropriate voltmeter will register the fact.• Owners had until the end of 1990 to register their weapons.• Oh, I'd registered when I was eighteen, like everyone else.• The new students were told that they must register with the University before they could claim their grants.• Call or write to the consumer affairs board to register your complaint.register for• When do you have to register for classes?registered ... protest• Nine Republicans either registered a protest by voting for no one specifically, or voted for some one else.• Having registered his protest, would Ray be content to sit down?From Longman Business Dictionaryregisterre‧gis‧ter1 /ˈredʒəstə-ər/ noun [countable] an official list containing the names of all the people, organizations etc of a particular typeThe Secretary of State maintains a register of those who have been disqualified from being company directors. → charges register → companies register → directors register → Land Charges Register → Lloyd's Register → members register → property register → proprietorship register → share register → transfer register → see also cash registerregisterregister2 verb [transitive]1to record a name or details about someone or something in an official listTransfers of shares will not normally be registered after the close of business on the record date.be registered (as something)people who are registered as unemployedregister somebody/something for somethingAre you registered for VAT?register somebody/something with somethingA new share issue must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.2to show or record an amountHays Allen registered a 2.7% drop in fee income to £6.8 million for the year to 30 April.→ See Verb tableOrigin register1 (1300-1400) Old French registre, from Medieval Latin registrum, from Latin regerere “to bring back”

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re‧gis‧ter¹ S3 W3 AC /ˈredʒəstə, ˈredʒɪstə $ -ər/ noun1.  OFFICIAL LIST  [countable] an official list of names of people, companies etc, or a book that has this list
    register 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)
2.  LANGUAGE STYLE  [uncountable and countable] technical the words, style, and grammar used by speakers and writers in a particular situation or in a particular type of writing
    formal/informal register
    letters written in a formal register
3.  MUSIC  [countable] technical the range of musical notes that someone’s voice or a musical instrument can reach
    the upper/middle/lower register
    the upper register of the cello
4.  MACHINE  [countable] a cash register
5.  HEATING CONTROL  [countable] American English a movable metal plate that controls the flow of air in a heating or cooling system
   SYN  vent

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register² S3 W3 AC verb1.  ON A LIST  [intransitive and 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)
2.  STATE 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.
3.  REALIZE  [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.
4.  MEASUREMENT  [intransitive and 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.
5.  SHOW A FEELING  [transitive] formal to show or express a feeling:
    Her face registered shock and anger.
6.  MAIL  [transitive] British English to send a package, letter etc by registered post:
    Did you register the parcel?