register
1. an official written record of names or events or transactions (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
registry
• Derivationally related forms:
register (for: registry)
• Hypernyms:
written record, written account
• Hyponyms:
cadaster, cadastre, check register, studbook, rent-roll
2. (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 (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
timbre, timber, quality, tone
• Hyponyms:
head register, head voice, head tone, chest register, chest voice, chest tone
3. a book in which names and transactions are listed
• Hypernyms:
record
• Hyponyms:
accounting, accounting system, method of accounting, inventory, payroll, paysheet
4. (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
• Topics:
computer science, computing
• Hypernyms:
memory device, storage device
• Hyponyms:
accumulator, accumulator register, counter, index register, shift register
• Part Holonyms:
memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board
5. an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
• Hypernyms:
air passage, air duct, airway
6. a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
• Hypernyms:
regulator
• Part Holonyms:
furnace
7. a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions;
used in shops to add up the bill
• Syn:
cash register
• Hypernyms:
cashbox, money box, till
• Part Meronyms:
adding machine, totalizer, totaliser
1. record in writing;
enter into a book of names or events or transactions (Freq. 7)
• Derivationally related forms:
registration, registrant, registry
• Hypernyms:
record, enter, put down
• Hyponyms:
file, patent, enroll, inscribe, enter,
enrol, recruit, list, book
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. record in a public office or in a court of law (Freq. 6)
- file for divorce
- file a complaint
• Syn:
file
• Derivationally related forms:
registry, file (for: file), filing (for: file)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hyponyms:
trademark
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. enroll to vote (Freq. 4)
- register for an election
• Hypernyms:
enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. be aware of (Freq. 3)
- Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
• Syn:
record
• Entailment:
perceive, comprehend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. indicate a certain reading;
of gauges and instruments (Freq. 2)
- The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
- The gauge read 'empty'
• Syn:
read, show, record
• Derivationally related forms:
registration, reading (for: read)
• Hypernyms:
indicate
• Hyponyms:
say, show, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
6. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
cross-file
• Hypernyms:
campaign, run
• Hyponyms:
slate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
7. show in one's face
- Her surprise did not register
• Hypernyms:
show, show up
• Verb Group:
record
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
8. manipulate the registers of an organ
• Derivationally related forms:
registration
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
9. send by registered mail
- I'd like to register this letter
• Hypernyms:
mail, post, send
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
10. enter into someone's consciousness
- Did this event register in your parents' minds?
• Hypernyms:
affect
• Verb Group:
record
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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