register

Definition (noun): an official written record of names or events or transactions

Definition (noun): (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

Definition (noun): a book in which names and transactions are listed

Definition (noun): (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

Definition (noun): an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room

Definition (noun): a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device

Definition (noun): a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill

Definition (verb): record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

Definition (verb): record in a public office or in a court of law

Example: file for divorce

Definition (verb): record in a public office or in a court of law

Example: file a complaint

Definition (verb): enroll to vote

Example: register for an election

Definition (verb): be aware of

Example: Did you register any change when I pressed the button?

Definition (verb): indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

Example: The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero

Definition (verb): indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

Example: The gauge read `empty’

Definition (verb): have one’s name listed as a candidate for several parties

Definition (verb): show in one’s face

Example: Her surprise did not register

Definition (verb): manipulate the registers of an organ

Definition (verb): send by registered mail

Example: I’d like to register this letter

Definition (verb): enter into someone’s consciousness

Example: Did this event register in your parents’ minds?

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