register
/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of registering.
noun
A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
noun
One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
noun
A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
noun
A device that automatically records a quantity.
Example Sentences
- "The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name."
- "As you have one eye upon my follies, […] turn another into the register of your own."
- "a register of deeds"
- "The division of the field into an upper and lower register, with decorative motifs in the upper register and a scene with figures in the lower register, as here, is, as has been mentioned, characteristic of Syrian seals from the early second millennium."
- "The east wall is decorated in raised relief with two registers of scenes above a dado showing a northward fecundity figure procession."
- "The reverse side is divided into three registers. In the first register is the name of Narmer represented as a fish and a chisel inscribed in the serekh."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded”), from Latin regerō (“to record, to carry back”), from re- + gerō (“to carry, bear”). Compare Latin registoria (“a treasurer”). Some senses influenced by association with unrelated Latin regō (“to rule”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: registrum, regesta, regero
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/
- British English: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/
Usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb