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re ji ster

  • n  an official written record of names or events or transactions
  • n  (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
  • n  a book in which names and transactions are listed
  • n  (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
  • n  an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
  • n  a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
  • n  a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
  • v  record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
  • v  record in a public office or in a court of law
  • v  enroll to vote
    register for an election
  • v  be aware of
    Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
  • v  indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  • v  have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
  • v  show in one's face
    Her surprise did not register
  • v  manipulate the registers of an organ
  • v  send by registered mail
    I'd like to register this letter
  • v  enter into someone's consciousness
    Did this event register in your parents' minds?

  • You can register your own Internet domain name.
  • What "they" will or will not do is register and vote.
  • Eric, our register guy, lets us scan a Ralph's Club card, and we're down to $11.
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  • Ban Ki-moon in Turkish Press
    I want to register my deep concern and immense frustration on the unacceptably slow response to this grave humanitarian crisis,Ban told a news conference at UN headquarters in New York.
  • Martin Whitmarsh in Times Online
    Martin Whitmarsh, the chief executive officer of McLaren, said: "Following our decision to register our intention to appeal the penalty handed out to Lewis Hamilton by the FIA stewards at the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, we hereby confirm we have now...
  • Rowan Williams in Telegraph.co.uk
    ...of England House of Bishops, Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, said: "The temptation to stay away or register a protest vote in order to send a negative signal to the parties...

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