Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: cash_register, register

'register'

[register.n.01] as in: an official written record of names or events or transactions

'register'

[register.n.02] as in: (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'

[register.n.03] as in: a book in which names and transactions are listed

'register'

[register.n.04] as in: (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'

[register.n.05] as in: an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room

'register'

[register.n.06] as in: a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device

'register'

[cash_register.n.01] as in: a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill

'register'

[register.v.01] as in: record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

'register'

[file.v.01] as in: record in a public office or in a court of law

Examples:
file for divorce
file a complaint

'register'

[register.v.03] as in: enroll to vote

Examples:
register for an election

'register'

[record.v.04] as in: be aware of

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

'register'

[read.v.08] as in: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

Examples:
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty'

'register'

[cross-file.v.01] as in: have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

'register'

[register.v.07] as in: show in one's face

Examples:
Her surprise did not register

'register'

[register.v.08] as in: manipulate the registers of an organ

'register'

[register.v.09] as in: send by registered mail

Examples:
I'd like to register this letter

'register'

[register.v.10] as in: enter into someone's consciousness

Examples:
Did this event register in your parents' minds?

Origins

					register (English)
└── registrum (Latin)
    └── regesta (Latin)
        └── regero (Latin)