register

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Synonyms: resister, reister, regifter, regester, keister, registrar, magister, agister, registry, resistor, roister

Antonyms: resister, reister, regifter, regester, keister, registrar, magister, agister, registry, resistor, roister

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A [[formal]] [[recording]] of [[names]], [[events]], [[transactions]], etc.
2. A [[book]] of such entries.
3. An [[entry]] in such a book.
4. The [[act]] of registering.
5. 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.
6. One who registers or records; a [[registrar]]; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
7. A [[distinct]] [[horizontal]] (or, more rarely, [[vertical]]) [[section]] of a [[work of art]] or [[inscription]] that is [[divide]]d into several such sections.
8. A [[device]] that [[automatically]] records a [[quantity]].
9. {{lb|en|telecommunications}} The part of a [[telegraphic]] [[apparatus]] that automatically records the message received.
10. {{lb|en|telecommunications}} A list of received calls in a [[phone set]].
11. {{lb|en|computing}} A small unit of very [[fast]] [[memory]] that is directly [[accessible]] to the [[central processing unit]], and is mostly used to [[store]] [[input]]s, [[output]]s{{,}} or [[intermediate]] [[result]]s of [[computation]]s.
12. {{lb|en|printing}} The [[exact]] [[alignment]] of [[lines]], [[margins]]{{,}} and [[colors]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[enter]] in a [[register#Noun|register]]; to [[enlist]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[sign-up]], especially to [[vote]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[record]], especially in [[writing]].
4. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[buy]] the [[full]] version of [[trial]] software by providing one's details and payment.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[express]] [[outward]] [[sign]]s.
6. {{lb|en|transitive|mail}} To record officially and [[handle]] specially.
7. {{lb|en|transitive|especially|printing}} To [[make]] or [[adjust]] so as to be properly or precisely [[align]]ed.
8. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make an [[impression]].
10. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be in proper alignment; to [[align]] or [[correspond]] exactly.
11. {{lb|en|legal}} To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
12. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[perceive]] or [[comprehend]]; [[pick up on]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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