/ˈɹɛdʒ.ɪs.tə/► audioScrabble 9Words With Friends 10
Definition
noun an official written record of names or events or transactions.
— synonyms: registry
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.
noun a book in which names and transactions are listed.
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.
noun an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room.
noun a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device.
noun a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions.
— synonyms: cash_register
verb record in writing.
verb record in a public office or in a court of law.
— synonyms: file
verb enroll to vote.
verb be aware of.
— synonyms: record
verb indicate a certain reading.
— synonyms: read, show, record
verb have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties.
— synonyms: cross-file
verb show in one's face.
verb manipulate the registers of an organ.
verb send by registered mail.
verb enter into someone's consciousness.
Examples
“The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.”
“a register of deeds”
“My ex-boss used "let go", in the euphemistic register, when he sacked me.”