register

noun

• 1an official list or record, for example of births, marriages, and deaths, of shipping, or of historic places.
• a book or record of attendance, for example of students in a class or school or guests in a hotel.

• 2a particular part of the range of a voice or instrument:his voice moved up a register she plays a basset horn and relishes the duskiness of its lower register
• a sliding device controlling a set of organ pipes that share a tonal quality.
• a set of organ pipes so controlled.

• 3 Linguistics a variety of a language or a level of usage, as determined by degree of formality and choice of vocabulary, pronunciation, and syntax, according to the communicative purpose, social context, and social status of the user.

• 4 Printing & Photography the exact correspondence of the position of color components in a printed positive.
• Printing the exact correspondence of the position of printed matter on the two sides of a page.

• 5(in electronic devices) a location in a store of data, used for a specific purpose and with quick access time.

• 6an adjustable plate for widening or narrowing an opening and regulating a draft, especially in a fire grate.

• 7short for cash register.

• 8 Art one of a number of bands or sections into which a design is divided.

verb

• 1enter or record on an official list or directory:the vessel is registered as Liberian her father was late in registering her birth (as adjective registered)a registered trademark
• [no object] enter one’s name and other details on an official list or directory: [with infinitive]:34,500 registered to vote
• [no object] put one’s name in a register as a guest in a hotel.
• [no object] North American (of a couple to be married) have a list of wedding gifts compiled and kept at a store for consultation by gift buyers.
• entrust (a letter or parcel) to a post office for transmission by registered mail: (as adjective registered)a registered letter

• 2(of an instrument) detect and show (a reading) automatically:the electroscope was too insensitive to register the tiny changes
• [no object, with complement] (of an event) give rise to a specified reading on an instrument:the blast registered 5.4 on the Richter scale

• 3express or convey (an opinion or emotion):I wish to register an objection he did not register much surprise at this.
• [no object] (of an emotion) show in a person’s face or gestures:nothing registered on their faces
• [usually with negative] properly notice or become aware of (something):he had not even registered her presence
• [no object, usually with negative] make an impression on a person’s mind:the content of her statement did not register

• 4 Printing & Photography correspond or cause to correspond exactly in position: [no object]:they are adjusted until the impressions register