Register

Quick meaning: Register is a noun meaning A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.

Meaning

A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.

More Meanings

1. A book of such entries.
2. An entry in such a book.
3. The act of registering.
4. One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
5. A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
6. A device that automatically records a quantity.
7. A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

Example Sentences

a register of deeds

The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.

As you have one eye upon my follies, […] turn another into the register of your own.

The east wall is decorated in raised relief with two registers of scenes above a dado showing a northward fecundity figure procession.

Word Forms

• registers
• registre
• registering
• registered

Synonyms for register

Depending on context, synonyms include reserve, schedule, enroll, book, put down, catalogue.

Antonyms for register

Common opposites include unregister, deregister.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include registry, file, read, show, record, registrant.

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