register

Noun

• a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill

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

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

• (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

• a book in which names and transactions are listed

• (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

• an official written record of names or events or transactions

Verb

• enter into someone's consciousness
  • Did this event register in your parents' minds?
    

• send by registered mail
  • I'd like to register this letter
    

• manipulate the registers of an organ

• show in one's face
  • Her surprise did not register
    

• have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  • The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
    
  • The gauge read `empty'
    

• be aware of
  • Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
    

• enroll to vote
  • register for an election
    

• record in a public office or in a court of law
  • file for divorce
    
  • file a complaint
    

• record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cash register , registry , cross-file , read , show , record , file