Meaning of "register" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REGISTER

From Medieval Latin registrum, from Latin regerere to transcribe, from re- + gerere to bear.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REGISTER

ˈrɛdʒɪstə

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REGISTER

Register is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb register in English.

WHAT DOES REGISTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of register in the English dictionary

The first definition of register in the dictionary is an official or formal list recording names, events, or transactions. Other definition of register is the book in which such a list is written. Register is also an entry in such a list.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REGISTER

PRESENT

Present

I register

you register

he/she/it registers

we register

you register

they register

Present continuous

I am registering

you are registering

he/she/it is registering

we are registering

you are registering

they are registering

Present perfect

I have registered

you have registered

he/she/it has registered

we have registered

you have registered

they have registered

Present perfect continuous

I have been registering

you have been registering

he/she/it has been registering

we have been registering

you have been registering

they have been registering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I registered

you registered

he/she/it registered

we registered

you registered

they registered

Past continuous

I was registering

you were registering

he/she/it was registering

we were registering

you were registering

they were registering

Past perfect

I had registered

you had registered

he/she/it had registered

we had registered

you had registered

they had registered

Past perfect continuous

I had been registering

you had been registering

he/she/it had been registering

we had been registering

you had been registering

they had been registering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will register

you will register

he/she/it will register

we will register

you will register

they will register

Future continuous

I will be registering

you will be registering

he/she/it will be registering

we will be registering

you will be registering

they will be registering

Future perfect

I will have registered

you will have registered

he/she/it will have registered

we will have registered

you will have registered

they will have registered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been registering

you will have been registering

he/she/it will have been registering

we will have been registering

you will have been registering

they will have been registering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would register

you would register

he/she/it would register

we would register

you would register

they would register

Conditional continuous

I would be registering

you would be registering

he/she/it would be registering

we would be registering

you would be registering

they would be registering

Conditional perfect

I would have register

you would have register

he/she/it would have register

we would have register

you would have register

they would have register

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been registering

you would have been registering

he/she/it would have been registering

we would have been registering

you would have been registering

they would have been registering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you register
we let´s register
you register

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to register

Past participle

registered

Present Participle

registering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REGISTER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «register» and belong to the same grammatical category.

annals · archives · bespeak · betray · catalogue · check in · chronicle · come home · diary · display · enlist · enrol · enter · exhibit · express · file · get through · impress · indicate · inscribe · ledger · list · log · manifest · mark · memorandum · note · read · record · reflect · reveal · roll · roster · say · schedule · set down · show · sink in · take down · tell

TRANSLATION OF REGISTER

Find out the translation of register to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of register from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «register» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 登记簿
• Translator English - Spanish: registro
• English: register
• Translator English - Hindi: रजिस्टर
• Translator English - Arabic: سِجِلّ
• Translator English - Russian: журнал
• Translator English - Portuguese: registro
• Translator English - Bengali: আঞ্চলিক
• Translator English - French: registre
• Translator English - Malay: Serantau
• Translator English - German: Register
• Translator English - Japanese: 登録簿
• Translator English - Korean: 등록
• Translator English - Javanese: Wilayah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sổ sách
• Translator English - Tamil: மண்டல
• Translator English - Marathi: स्थानिक पातळीवर
• Translator English - Turkish: bölgesel
• Translator English - Italian: registro
• Translator English - Polish: rejestr
• Translator English - Ukrainian: реєстр
• Translator English - Romanian: registru
• Translator English - Greek: μητρώο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: registreer
• Translator English - Swedish: register
• Translator English - Norwegian: register

10 QUOTES WITH «REGISTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word register.

1

Florence Ellinwood Allen

It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.

2

Nicholson Baker

You can register a political objection in a number of ways.

3

Jello Biafra

I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know?

4

Joey Bishop

Today you can go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must think toilet paper is worth more than money.

5

Charles M. Blow

The first memory I have in the world is of death and tears. That is how I would mark the beginning of my life: the way people mark the end of one. My family had gathered at Papa Joe's house because Mam' Grace was slipping away, only I didn't register it that way. For some reason I thought that it was her birthday.

6

David Blunkett

I said it's impossible to have an amnesty without ID cards and a clean database, because you firstly don't have any incentives for people to actually come up front and register, and make themselves available, and secondly you have no means of tracking them.

7

Gary Cherone

I sing in a higher register, and you haven't heard that on the radio in years.

8

Nat King Cole

The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.

9

Kid Cudi

I like What Goes Around Comes Around for old concert tees. Oh man, I got this 'Sgt. Pepper' cartoon Beatles shirt there; it was, like, $300. I didn't even know how much it cost - I thought it was gonna be, like, $80 at most - till I got to the register and was like, 'Oh mah gawd!' Good Lord. But it's classic vintage rock, you know?

10

Eliza Farnham

The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REGISTER»

Discover the use of register in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to register and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame ...

A fully illustrated and researched update to a classic reference guide includes entries for all of the inductees in the Boxing Hall of Fame through 2006, in an official record book that lists key facts and figures while providing numerous ...

James B. Roberts, Alexander G. Skutt, 2006

St. Paul's Parish Register: Stafford-King George Counties, ...

St. Paul's Parish, which occupies land in what is now King George County, was in Stafford County until 1777.

‎2009

Births, Deaths, and Sponsors, 1717-1778: From the Albemarle ...

Albemarle Parish was formed in 1738 and covered the southern portion of Surry County. It became part of Sussex County when that county was created from Surry County in 1753.

John Bennett Boddie, 1964

Register-based Statistics: Administrative Data for ...

How should administrative data be transformed to meet the statistical needs? Register-based Statistics offers readers a detailed account of the principles and practices of this increasingly popular area of statistics.

Anders Wallgren, Britt Wallgren, 2007

Niles' Weekly Register

Containing political, historical, geographical, scientifical, statistical, economical, and biographical documents, essays and facts: together with notices of the arts and manu factures, and a record of the events of the times.

Hezekiah Niles, William Ogden Niles, George Beatty, 1837

Dimensions of Register Variation: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison

Douglas Biber's new book gives a linguistic analysis of register in four widely differing languages: English, Nukulaelae Tuvaluan, Korean, and Somali.

Douglas Biber, 1995

Social Register, New York

Includes "Dilatory domiciles."

‎1920

Heaven's Register

Heaven's Register is your personal spiritual instruction book for you to live a spiritually enlightened life with the help of your own Guardian Angels, based on authentic Jewish Spiritual teachings of Sefer Shinuyim, the Book of Changes.

Reb Moshe, 2006

California Pioneer Register and Index, 1542-1848: Including ...

This compilation of genealogical and biographical sketches is extracted from the first five volumes of Bancroft's seven-volume History of California.

Bancroft, 2009

Register, Genre, and Style

This book describes the most important kinds of texts in English and introduces the methodological techniques used to analyse them.

Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REGISTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term register is used in the context of the following news items.

Donald Trump bans Des Moines Register from Iowa campaign event

Donald Trump courted further controversy on Friday by banning the Des Moines Register from attending his Iowa campaign event Saturday, according to the ... «Politico, Jul 15»

Iowa Poll: Walker maintains popularity with 7-point lead

More than 70 percent of Iowa's likely GOP caucusgoers say it makes no difference in their support of any of them, the new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, May 15»

Register to vote before time runs out - ex-Doctor Who

Ex-Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston has joined politicians and celebrities urging people to register to vote ahead of the midnight deadline. People should ... «BBC News, Apr 15»

FCC's net neutrality rules published in Federal Register

The new net neutrality rule of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission was published over the weekend to the Federal Register, the daily journal of U.S. ... «PCWorld, Apr 15»

Election 2015: Can registration drive help turnout?

Campaigners are putting on a series of events encouraging people to register to vote ahead of May's general election. Amid concerns about the number of ... «BBC News, Feb 15»

Long Beach Register stops publishing

Freedom launched the Long Beach Register in August 2013 and the Los Angeles Register in April amid heavy marketing campaigns for the daily newspapers. «Los Angeles Times, Dec 14»

Register parent company Freedom Communications announces …

Freedom Communications, which owns the Register and the Press-Enterprise in Riverside, is cutting 100 positions and eliminating unprofitable publications ... «OCRegister, Dec 14»

Register names new publisher

Newsroom, advertising, marketing and circulation executives of the Register and the Freedom-owned Press-Enterprise in Riverside will report to Mirman, ... «OCRegister, Oct 14»

Monday is the last day to register to vote in Georgia

Monday is the state's voter registration deadline. Your best bet if you want to register? Use the information below and register online. Rather fill out a paper ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Oct 14»

Register headquarters sold

Local developer Michael Harrah has purchased the Orange County Register's Santa Ana headquarters for $27 million, Register publisher Aaron Kushner said ... «OCRegister, Sep 14»