register

B1 Topic:Language & Linguistics

US /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/ UK /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ See IPA manual

Freq #4422

Meanings

1

verb
To put your name on an official list in order to do something.

You must register to vote before the deadline.
2

noun
An official list or record of names, events, or transactions.

The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.
3

verb
To notice or become aware of something.

The name didn't register with me at first.
4

verb
To show an emotion in your face.

Her face registered surprise when she heard the news.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to put your name on an... enrollsign up

3 verb · to notice or become aware... record

More book reserve schedule

Opposites

deregisterunregister

Word family

Forms enregisterregisteredregisteringregisters

Derived forms auto-registerautoregistercoregisterderegisterenregistergeoregisterinregistermetaregistermisregisternonregisternonregisterednonregistering

Related forms registrar registration

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Phrases (1)

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cash register
a shop machine that records sales and usually holds cash

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded”), from Latin regerō (“to record, to carry back”), from re- + gerō (“to carry, bear”). Compare Latin registoria (“a treasurer”). Some senses influenced by association with unrelated Latin regō (“to rule”).

registrum la-med regesta la-lat regero Latin

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# register

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/
**Frequency rank:** 4422

## Meanings
1. To put your name on an official list in order to do something.
2. An official list or record of names, events, or transactions.
3. To notice or become aware of something.
4. To show an emotion in your face.

## Examples
- You must register to vote before the deadline.
- The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.
- The name didn't register with me at first.
- Her face registered surprise when she heard the news.

## Synonyms
- book
- enroll
- reserve
- schedule

## Antonyms
- deregister
- unregister

## Derived Forms
- auto-register
- autoregister
- coregister
- deregister
- enregister
- georegister
- inregister
- metaregister
- misregister
- nonregister
- nonregistered
- nonregistering

## Related Forms
- registrar
- registration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: registrum
- Root: regesta
- Root: regero

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded”), from Latin regerō (“to record, to carry back”), from re- + gerō (“to carry, bear”). Compare Latin registoria (“a treasurer”). Some senses influenced by association with unrelated Latin regō (“to rule”).

## AI Etymology
Register comes from Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded”), from Latin regerō (“to record, to carry back”), from re- + gerō (“to carry, bear”). Compare Latin registoria (“a treasurer”). Some senses influenced by association with unrelated Latin regō (“to rule”). Modern senses include to put your name on an official list in order to do something. and an official list or record of names, events, or transactions.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as auto-register, autoregister, coregister, deregister, enregister, and georegister and related forms such as registrar and registration.

## Topics
- Language & Linguistics
- Actions & Processes

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