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registered

registered

3.3
Officially recorded with authorities and given ownership papers
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɛdʒɪstərd/
  • Formal
translation icon : registrado
  • Make sure your vehicle is registered with the local authorities before driving on public roads.

Examples

  • IT'S A REGISTERED SALMON BOAT.

  • Yeah, because they're like registered with a DMV, right?

  • So we know that this cell phone is registered to the particular address.

  • But FTXUS was not registered with the SEC, as you might expect.

  • Or registered reputable rescue centres in which you can get a dog from.

  • I think it hovers around half of registered voters, not all eligible voters.

  • PERCHANCE, ARE YOU A REGISTERED VOTER?

  • The businessman called he says is the car a Volkswagen Beetle because they use a Volkswagen Beetle chassis to make the car it's registered in Arizona.

  • Their fleet consists of three groups of vessels: large (200-500 Gross Registered Ton, GRT) longliners which fish in the southern part of the Japanese fishery (south of lat.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The boat is a registered fishing vessel, approved for use in commercial waters.

Antonyms

25 4.8

Not recorded by an official body

Compounds

registered nurse
  • Specialized
19 2.8

A trained health worker who cares for sick people and has official permission to work

2 3.2

Mail the post office records and sends with extra security and a signature on delivery

A person licensed to manage client accounts and give advice at a brokerage or investment firm

7.0

A document from a company or government that lists the owner's name and needs their signature to transfer

A mail service that records, insures, and tracks letters or packages

registered security
  • Specialized
7.4

A stock or bond whose owner's name is kept on the company's list

How Deceptive

strawman
  • Jargon
1 8.9
frontman
1 7.7
registered
  • Formal
3.3
titleholder
  • Specialized
4.1

Surface Forms

registered positive

Morphology

registered = register (transparent) = register + ed

Simple past-participle/adjectival formation from 'register' indicating official recording with authorities; the derivation is straightforward.

Etymology

Registered comes from the word register, which meant a 'book' or 'list' for keeping ownership details. So a 'registered' vehicle is one that is written in the official records and has the proper papers.