Meaning & Definition of Register in English

1. An official written record of names or events or transactions

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

3. A book in which names and transactions are listed

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

5. An air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room

6. A regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device

7. A cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions

• Used in shops to add up the bill

1. Record in writing

• Enter into a book of names or events or transactions

2. Record in a public office or in a court of law

• "File for divorce"

• "File a complaint"

3. Enroll to vote

• "Register for an election"

4. Be aware of

• "Did you register any change when i pressed the button?"

5. Indicate a certain reading

• Of gauges and instruments

• "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"

• "The gauge read `empty'"

6. Have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

7. Show in one's face

• "Her surprise did not register"

8. Manipulate the registers of an organ

9. Send by registered mail

• "I'd like to register this letter"

10. Enter into someone's consciousness

• "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"