- [countable] an official list or record of names, items, etc.; a book that contains such a list
- The bride and groom signed the register.
- Could you sign the hotel register please, sir?
- register of somebody/something They keep a register of all those who have contributed to the fund.
- on a register to be on the register of electors
- in a register an entry in a register
- Income information will also appear in the register.
- (British English) The teacher took the register (= checked who was present at school).
- (British English) Dr Shaw was struck off the medical register for misconduct.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb2- CEOs who were listed in a social register
- He has been placed on the sex offenders' register.
- It was the last entry in the register.
- She was asked to draw up a register of suitable sites.
- The teacher takes the register at the beginning of each class.
- Their names had been entered in the register as owners of the company.
- There are 36 children on the register.
- a register containing details of four million cars
- the keeping of an attendance register
- ways of reconciling bank statements with check registers
- All those appearing on the register must inform the authorities of any change of address.
- You can put your name on a register of people who do not wish to receive sales calls.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- annual
- central
- …
- appear on
- be on
- join
- …
- contain something
- include something
- office
- in a/the register
- on a/the register
- an entry in a register
- an entry on a register
- [countable] the range, or part of a range, of a human voice or a musical instrument
- in the upper/middle/lower register
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicc2- the lower register of the piano
- boy trebles singing in high registers
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- middle
- …
- in a/the register
- [countable, uncountable] (linguistics) the level and style of a piece of writing or speech, that is usually appropriate to the situation that it is used in
- The essay suddenly switches from a formal to an informal register.
- He has adopted an informal register so as not to alienate his audience.
WordfinderOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- formal
- informal
- adopt
- [countable] (North American English) an opening, with a cover that you can have open or shut, that allows hot or cold air from a heating or cooling system into a room compare vent
- (North American English) (also cash register British and North American English)(British English also till)[countable] a machine used in shops, restaurants, etc. for keeping money in, and that shows and records the amount of money received for each thing that is soldTopics Shoppingc1
list of names
of voice/instrument
of writing/speech
for hot/cold air
machine
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French regestre or medieval Latin regestrum, registrum, alteration of regestum, singular of late Latin regesta ‘things recorded’, from regerere ‘enter, record’.
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