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to register

to register

48 3.4
To notice or become aware of something in your mind
  • verb
  • /ˈrɛdʒɪstər/
translation icon : notar
  • I don't think she had time to register what happened.
  • barely register
  • fail to register
  • register unhappiness

It triggers pain receptors in your brain and registers as actual danger.

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Examples

  • I was so busy, that what was about to happen hadn't really registered yet.

  • Kyosti did not move, did not even seem to register her presence in the room.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I mean, I think you, you need, one needs to register that.

  • I registered it based on what I remember.

  • Have you somehow not registered what she is?

  • You say no, just take a minute and let it register what's happened.

  • Does your brain register that as a human voice that is communicating meaning?

  • I think Allison had been screaming all day, but it hadn't really registered before.

  • Roy heard buzzing in the cemetery, a sound that hadn't registered until just now.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • After hearing the shocking news, she finally registered the depth of her sadness.

Synonyms

to feel
vsto register
1.0

To notice an emotion or a physical sensation in your body

also covers showing the feeling on the face or in behaviour
to notice
vsto register
1.0

To see or become aware of something

is broader because it can show a reaction as well as awareness
to recognize
vsto register
  • US
1.4

To see or hear someone and know who they are

is about becoming aware or showing a reaction rather than identifying by memory
to sense
vsto register
629 4.2

To notice something by feeling or by using a tool

focuses more on awareness and visible reaction than detection methods

Antonyms

1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

Compounds

38 1.4

A machine in a shop that adds up prices and holds money

1 3.5

A book or list where you record checks and deposits to track your bank account

chest register
  • Specialized
7.4

The lower part of the voice you feel vibrating in your chest when you speak or sing

accumulator register
  • Specialized
7.9

A small storage inside the computer's processor that keeps calculation results by adding new numbers to old ones

head register
  • Specialized
7.7

Higher singing notes that you feel in your head not your chest

index register
  • Specialized
7.0

A small storage inside the computer that changes an address to find data in memory

register language
  • Specialized
9.9

A tone language that uses high or low voice pitch to show different word meanings

shift register
  • Specialized
7.7

A small memory that moves bits left or right one place at a time

How Aware

to realize
  • US
1.1
to recognize
  • US
1.4
to register
48 3.4
to notice
1.0
to miss
518 1.7

Surface Forms

register infinitive
registered past
registered past participle
registering present participle
registers third person singular

Etymology

Register comes from the Medieval Latin verb registrare, which means 'to write in a list'. When something 'registers' in your mind, it is like your brain 'writing down' the idea, so you notice or become aware of it.