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register   (TTS Sound)

The noun register has 7 senses

• register, registry -- (an official written record of names or events or transactions)


• register -- ((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)


• register -- (a book in which names and transactions are listed)


• register -- ((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)


• register -- (an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room)


• register -- (a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device)


• cash register, register -- (a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill)

The verb register has 10 senses

• register -- (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)


• file, register -- (record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint")


• register -- (enroll to vote; "register for an election")


• record, register -- (be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?")


• read, register, show, record -- (indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'")


• cross-file, register -- (have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties)


• register -- (show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register")


• register -- (manipulate the registers of an organ)


• register -- (send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter")


• register -- (enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?")