register

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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verb, noun
+ verb
put name on list
1 ~ (at / for / with sth)
~ sth (in sth)
~ (sb) as sth to record your/sb's/sth's name on an official list: [VN] to register a birth / marriage / death + to register a company / trademark + The ship was registered in Panama. + [VN-ADJ] She is officially registered (as) disabled. + [V] to register with a doctor / dentist + to register at a hotel
give opinion publicly
2 [VN] (formal) to make your opinion known officially or publicly: China has registered a protest over foreign intervention.
on measuring instrument
3 if a measuring instrument registers an amount or sth registers an amount on a measuring instrument, the instrument shows or records that amount: [V-N] The thermometer registered 32?C. + The earthquake registered 3 on the Richter scale. + The stock exchange has registered huge losses this week. [also V]
show feeling
4 [no passive] (formal) to show or express a feeling: [VN] Her face registered disapproval. + [V] Shock registered on everyone's face.
notice sth
5 [no passive] (often used in negative sentences) to notice sth and remember it; to be noticed: [VN] He barely registered our presence. + [V] I told her my name, but it obviously didn't register.
letter / package
6 [VN] [usually passive] to send sth by mail, paying extra money to protect it against loss or damage: Can I register this, please? + a registered letter
+ noun
list of names
1 [C] 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? + (BrE) The teacher called the register (= checked who was present at school).
of voice / instrument
2 [C] the range, or part of a range, of a human voice or a musical instrument: in the upper / middle register + the lower register of a clarinet / piano
of writing / speech
3 [C, U] (linguistics) 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.
for hot / cold air
4 [C] (AmE) 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
machine
5 [C] (AmE) = CASH REGISTER

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 record, roll, roster, rota, catalogue, annal(s), archive(s), journal, daybook, diary, appointment book, calendar, chronicle, schedule, programme, directory, ledger, file, index, inventory, list, listing, poll, tally,:

The council holds a register of all houses sold since 1900 with the names of both sellers and buyers

2 cash register, till, money box, cash-box:

The money in the register does not agree with the figures for receipts.

v.

3 record, write or jot or take or put or set down, list, enrol, sign in or on or up, enter, catalogue, log, index, chronicle, note, make or take note (of):

All transactions must be registered.

4 show, display, express, indicate, manifest, reveal, betray, divulge, record, reflect:

James pretended to like my book, but his contempt for it was registered on his face

5 make known, inform of, advise, transmit, communicate, record, note, make note of, report, write down, minute:

I wish to register my disapproval of the way prisoners are treated here

6 check in, sign in or on, log in:

In the US, all aliens are required to register each year in January. We registered in the hotel as man and wife

7 Sometimes, register with or on. sink in, impress, become apparent (to), make an impression (on), come home (to), get through (to); dawn on or upon, occur to:

I heard what you said, but it just didn't register. The name didn't register with me at first, but I now know who you are.

8 indicate, read, mark, represent, measure, point to, specify, exhibit, show, manifest:

The earthquake registered 7 on the Richter scale.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ list of names

ADJ.

detailed | full | up-to-date | annual | central, national, public | statutory | professional | attendance, membership | electoral, voters' | medical | birth, burial, marriage | address | class, school | church, parish | hotel | asset, land, property, share

VERB + REGISTER

appear on, be on

All those appearing on the register must notify the authorities of any change of address.

| remain on | keep, maintain

They keep a register of all those who have contributed to the fund.

| call, take

The teacher takes the register at the beginning of each class.

| inspect | compile, create, draw up, establish

She was asked to draw up a register of suitable sites.

| add sb/sth to, enter sb/sth in/on, register sb/sth in/on

Their names had been entered in the register as owners of the company.

| omit sb/sth from | remove sb from, strike sb from/off

He was struck off the medical register for professional misconduct.

| sign

The bride and bridegroom signed the register.

REGISTER + VERB

contain sth, include sth

a register containing details of four million cars

REGISTER + NOUN

office

PREP.

in a /the~

It was the last entry in the register.

| on a/the ~

There are 36 children on the register.

PHRASES

an entry in/on a register

² range of a voice/an instrument

ADJ.

high, low, middle, upper

the lower register of the piano

PREP.

in a/the ~

boy trebles singing in high registers

³ level/style of a piece of writing/speech

ADJ.

formal, informal | appropriate

VERB + REGISTER

adopt

He has adopted an informal register so as not to alienate his audience.

¹ put sb/sth on an official list

ADV.

fully

On completion of the preregistration year, graduates become fully registered by the General Medical Council.

| jointly

About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered by both parents.

| formally, officially | legally | duly

As I reached my eighteenth birthday I duly registered for military service.

| automatically

VERB + REGISTER

be required to, have to, must

You must register the death within three days.

| be eligible to, be entitled to | fail to | refuse to

PREP.

as

the number of people officially registering as unemployed

| at

He registered at his local university.

| for

There is still time to register for English classes.

| with

Students living away from home are required to register with a local doctor.

² notice sth

ADV.

barely, hardly, scarcely

She had barely registered his presence.

| vaguely

He vaguely registered that the women had gone.

VERB + REGISTER

fail to

His eyes failed to register Meredith's surprise.

Concise English dictionary

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registers|registered|registering'redʒɪstə(r)
noun
+an official written record of names or events or transactions
+(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
+a book in which names and transactions are listed
+(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
+an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
+a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
+a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
verb
+record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
+record in a public office or in a court of law
+enroll to vote
+be aware of
+indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
+have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
+show in one's face
+manipulate the registers of an organ
+send by registered mail
+enter into someone's consciousness

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