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To register, you simply swab the inside of your cheek with each swab, for 20 seconds each.

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Quick take

an official written record of names or events or transactions

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of register gathered in one view.

noun

an official written record of names or events or transactions

noun

(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

noun

a book in which names and transactions are listed

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for register.

noun

an official written record of names or events or transactions

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(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

noun

a book in which names and transactions are listed

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(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

noun

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

noun

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

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

verb

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

verb

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

verb

enroll to vote; "register for an election"

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

verb

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

verb

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

verb

show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register"

verb

manipulate the registers of an organ

verb

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

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

Example sentences

To register, you simply swab the inside of your cheek with each swab, for 20 seconds each.

If you wanted to travel out of your town - you had to register that fact with the nearest police department.

If you can figure out a way for people to try Draft without forcing them to register, do so. I wanted to play around with it, but I don't want to make yet another account.

Being in the process of registering my LLC for an iOS Apple Developer account, I couldn't agree more.

This works by finding little pieces in your code that do something simple like increment a register or write a byte of data, followed by a "return" instruction.

I'd register a patent for the plot device of having the bad guy be the main character's best friend, with additional clauses for being his boss, advisor, or partner.

Every time I have a new client I have to obtain picture ID, check their share registers etc. Doesn't matter that most of my clients are entrepreneurs, startups or venture funds.

I'm going to go out on a limb and register a slight discomfort with the increasing use of HN as a "court of public opinion" in very fact-bound disputes like this one. I can sort of see resorting to it out of desperation, but I'm afraid the Internet Lynch Mob has a very high ratio of outrage to effort spent actually investigating.