to register
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4.6
- verb
- /ˈrɛdʒɪstər/
- Specialized
:
registrar
- The thermometer registered a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the heat wave.
- register the temperature
- monitors register
- detectors register
I wondered if I were to touch it, would it register as cold or heat?
- I wondered if I were to touch it, would it register as cold or heat?
- This time it's because both hands are actually required to register a single keystroke.
- You have a collection of neurons in your brain that register when carbon dioxide levels get to a certain point in your bloodstream.
Examples
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For a millisecond, Tamalko's eyes registered the brightest flash of light he'd ever seen.
Fiction book (1991) -
Four hundred and fifty candidates registered for 175 Provincial Assembly and city council seats.
Academic text (1995) -
How many hits have you guys registered?
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This time it's because both hands are actually required to register a single keystroke.
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Now not dangerously so, but it does register high.
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It registered a .17 blood alcohol level.
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As he flung open the door, his eyes registered shock at her appearance.
Fiction book (1993) -
Number row inputs register incorrectly when you press keys too quickly.
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I'm registering no toxic fumes of any kind.
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The chatter and slurp of Welsh streams may, in a prosaic age, register only as pleasant background sounds.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To give proof that something is true
350
2.6
To show a measurement or change on a device
302
3.9
To show a measurement or number on a device
Compounds
1
3.5
A book or list where you record checks and deposits to track your bank account
- Specialized
The lower part of the voice you feel vibrating in your chest when you speak or sing
- Specialized
A small storage inside the computer's processor that keeps calculation results by adding new numbers to old ones
- Specialized
A small storage inside the computer that changes an address to find data in memory
- Specialized
A tone language that uses high or low voice pitch to show different word meanings
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
Register comes from the Medieval Latin verb registrare, which means 'to write in a list'. When a meter or gauge 'registers' a reading, it is showing or recording that number, as if it were written down.