English noun: register | |||
1. | register (communication) an official written record of names or events or transactions | ||
Synonyms | registry | ||
Broader (hypernym) | written account, written record | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cadaster, cadastre, check register, rent-roll, studbook | ||
2. | register (attribute) (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments | ||
Broader (hypernym) | quality, timber, timbre, tone | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | chest register, chest tone, chest voice, head register, head tone, head voice | ||
Domain category | music | ||
3. | register (possession) a book in which names and transactions are listed | ||
Broader (hypernym) | record | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accounting, accounting system, inventory, method of accounting, payroll, paysheet | ||
4. | register (artifact) (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind | ||
Broader (hypernym) | memory device, storage device | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accumulator, accumulator register, counter, index register, shift register | ||
Part meronym | computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage, store | ||
Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
5. | register (artifact) an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room | ||
Broader (hypernym) | air duct, air passage, airway | ||
6. | register (artifact) a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device | ||
Broader (hypernym) | regulator | ||
Part meronym | furnace | ||
7. | register (artifact) a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill | ||
Synonyms | cash register | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cashbox, money box, till | ||
Part holonym | adding machine, totaliser, totalizer | ||
English verb: register | |||
1. | register (social) record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | enter, put down, record | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | book, enrol, enroll, enter, file, inscribe, list, patent, recruit, register | ||
2. | register (communication) record in a public office or in a court of law | ||
Samples | File for divorce. File a complaint. | ||
Synonyms | file | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | register | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | trademark | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
3. | register (social) enroll to vote | ||
Samples | Register for an election. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit | ||
4. | register (perception) be aware of | ||
Samples | Did you register any change when I pressed the button?. | ||
Synonyms | record | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Entail | comprehend, perceive | ||
Verb group | register, register | ||
5. | register (communication) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | ||
Samples | The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero. The gauge read `empty'. | ||
Synonyms | read, record, show | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | indicate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | say, show, strike | ||
6. | register (social) have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties | ||
Synonyms | cross-file | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | campaign, run | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | slate | ||
7. | register (perception) show in one's face | ||
Samples | Her surprise did not register. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | show, show up | ||
Verb group | record, register | ||
8. | register (creation) manipulate the registers of an organ | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | play | ||
Domain category | music | ||
9. | register (communication) send by registered mail | ||
Samples | I'd like to register this letter. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mail, post, send | ||
10. | register (cognition) enter into someone's consciousness | ||
Samples | Did this event register in your parents' minds?. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affect | ||
Verb group | record, register | ||