n.
- an official list or record.
▸a record of attendance, for example of pupils in a class.
- a particular part of the range of a voice or instrument.
▸a set of organ pipes which share a tonal quality.
▸a sliding device controlling such a set of organ pipes.
- a variety of a language determined by degree of formality and choice of vocabulary, pronunciation, and syntax.
- Printing & Photography the exact correspondence of the position of colour components in a printed positive.
▸Printing the exact correspondence of the position of printed matter on the two sides of a leaf.
- (in electronic devices) a location in a store of data, used for a specific purpose and with quick access time.
- an adjustable plate for widening or narrowing an opening and regulating a draught, especially in a fire grate.
v.
- enter in or place on a register.
▸put one's name on a register, especially as an eligible voter or as a guest in a hotel.
- express (an opinion or emotion).
▸(of an emotion) show in a person's face or gestures.
▸
[
usu. with neg.]
become aware of:
he hadn't even registered her presence.
- (of an instrument) detect and show (a reading) automatically.
▸(of an event) give rise to a specified reading on an instrument.
- achieve (a certain score or result).
- entrust (a letter or parcel) to a post office for transmission by registered post.
- Printing & Photography correspond exactly in position.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. regestre or med. L. regestrum, registrum, alt. of regestum, sing. of late L. regesta ‘things recorded’, from regerere ‘enter, record’.