📖 R — The English dictionary · page 21

registrar — Everyday, meaning 1: An official who keeps records, especially of births, marriages and deaths.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (school, university) The person in charge of student records and admissions.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, medicine) A hospital doctor in training to become a consultant (a senior specialist).↗ Example: Mum and Dad took my baby sister's birth certificate from the registrar.↗ · My aunt was married by a registrar at the town hall.↗ · The university registrar keeps all the students' records.↗ · The registrar checked the names before the wedding.↗ · A registrar came to look at Grandpa's X-ray.↗ · When someone dies, the family tells the registrar.↗

registration — Everyday, meaning 1: Registration is putting names on an official list, such as signing up for a club or school.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK) Registration is the time at the start of the school day when the teacher calls names to check who is there.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A car's registration is its number on the number plate (UK: «reg»).↗ Example: We have registration at 8:50 every morning.↗ · Fill in the registration form to join the swimming club.↗ · The registration fee is £5.↗ · The witness wrote down the car's registration number.↗ · Registration for the summer camp opens next week.↗ · Anyone who misses registration must go to the office.↗ · 120 children have finished registration so far.↗

registry — Everyday, meaning 1: A registry is an official place or office where records are kept, for example of births, marriages and deaths.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An official list or record of things or people, such as a registry of ships or of dogs.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK) A registry office is where people can get married without a church service.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (US) A gift list for a wedding or a new baby, kept at a shop.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (computing) A store of settings inside a computer.↗ Example: My aunt got married at the registry office in town.↗ · Every baby's birth is written in the registry.↗ · The land registry shows who owns each house.↗ · They made a baby registry so friends knew what gifts to buy.↗ · Each racing pigeon is listed in a registry.↗ · The ship's name is in the national registry.↗ · We chose a toaster from the wedding registry.↗

regression — Everyday, meaning 1: Going back to an earlier, worse or less developed state.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths, statistics) A way of finding the line or rule that best fits data, to see how one thing changes with another.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (psychology) When a person, often a child, starts acting younger than their age, for example after a shock.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (computing) A bug where something that used to work stops working.↗ Example: After the new baby came, my little brother showed some regression and wanted a bottle again.↗ · The doctor was worried about a regression in her health.↗ · We drew a regression line through the points on the graph.↗ · The new update caused a regression, and the game crashed again.↗ · Scientists used regression to see how height changes with age.↗ · Sleep regression is when a baby suddenly sleeps badly again.↗

regret — Everyday, meaning 1: To regret something is to feel sorry or sad about something you did or did not do, and wish it had been different.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Regret is that sad, sorry feeling.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In polite, formal writing, «We regret…» means «We are sorry to say…».↗ Example: I regret shouting at my brother.↗ · She regretted not wearing her coat when it started to snow.↗ · He said sorry because he regretted breaking the vase.↗ · Try things now so you have no regrets later.↗ · We regret that the swimming pool is closed today.↗ · The fox regretted being greedy when he lost his food.↗ · It was not long, however, before he had cause to regret his weakness.↗

regretfully — Everyday, meaning 1: In a sorry way, feeling sad about a mistake or a loss.↗ Example: "I cannot come to the party," she said regretfully.↗ · He regretfully gave back the borrowed book.↗ · The fox watched the grapes fall away regretfully.↗

regrettable — Everyday, meaning 1: Unfortunate and something you wish had not happened; deserving regret.↗ Example: It is regrettable that the trip was cancelled.↗ · There was a regrettable accident in the playground.↗ · The head called the fight «a regrettable incident».↗ · It's regrettable that so few people came.↗ · Losing the map was a regrettable mistake.↗ · Badger said Toad's behaviour was most regrettable.↗

regrow — Everyday, meaning 1: To grow again after being cut, lost or damaged.↗ e.g. Lizards can regrow their tails.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make something grow again: regrow a forest.↗ Example: A starfish can regrow a lost arm.↗ · The forest will regrow after the fire.↗ · You can regrow lettuce from its stump.↗ · My hair regrew after the haircut.↗ · The grass regrows 3 cm each week; how much in 4 weeks?↗ · Some lizards regrow their tails.↗ · Adult teeth cannot regrow if they fall out.↗

regular — Everyday, meaning 1: Regular means happening again and again at the same times or with the same space between («regular meals», «a regular heartbeat»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Regular means usual or normal («my regular seat»; in the USA, a regular size).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In maths a regular shape has all sides the same length and all angles the same size.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In grammar a regular verb forms its past with -ed.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A regular is a person who often goes to the same place, like a café or club.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Informally, regular can also mean real or complete, as in "a regular feast".↗ Example: A square is a regular shape because all its sides and angles are equal.↗ · Brush your teeth at regular times every day.↗ · «Jump» is a regular verb: its past is «jumped».↗ · The doctor checked that my heartbeat was regular.↗ · Mr Patel is a regular at the café.↗ · Take regular breaks when you use a screen.↗ · Could I have a regular hot chocolate, please?↗ · The buses come at regular intervals, every 15 minutes.↗ · My larder is a regular horn of plenty.↗

regularity — Everyday, meaning 1: The quality of happening at the same times or in the same way again and again.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Being even, neat and following a pattern: the regularity of a shape.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: How often something happens.↗ e.g. "Accidents happen there with worrying regularity."↗ Example: The buses come with great regularity, every ten minutes.↗ · The regularity of her heartbeat showed she was calm.↗ · We noticed the regularity of the pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8.↗ · The bells rang with clockwork regularity.↗ · Doctors say regularity of sleep helps children learn.↗ · The regularity of the square's sides makes it a regular shape.↗ · The pressure of regularity and discipline here stamped the jewel, which in the future the world so well knew.↗

regularly — Everyday, meaning 1: Regularly means often and at the same times, again and again, like every day or every week.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Evenly, with the same distance or time between things.↗ Example: Brush your teeth regularly.↗ · We go swimming regularly on Saturdays.↗ · Water the plants regularly.↗ · The trees were regularly spaced along the road.↗ · She regularly reads before bed.↗ · Wash your hands regularly to stop germs.↗ · The bus comes regularly every ten minutes.↗ · Yes, then I was a little wild boy, who did not go to school very regularly.↗ · "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles."↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

regulate — Everyday, meaning 1: To regulate something is to control it with rules or laws.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To regulate something is to keep it at the right level or speed, like heat or flow.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) The body regulates its temperature to stay about the same.↗ Example: The thermostat regulates the heat in our house.↗ · Sweating helps your body regulate its temperature.↗ · The government regulates how fast lorries can drive.↗ · A valve regulates the flow of water into the tank.↗ · Fishing is regulated to protect the fish.↗ · Mum regulates how much screen time we get.↗ · Toys are regulated so that they are safe for children.↗ · All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Because it regulates the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order, each in an orbit convenient for it.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · To confirm this there are faithful witnesses; the world, year and man, the twelve, the Equipoise, the heptade, which God regulates like the Dragon, [40] (Tali) sphere and the heart.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

regulation — Everyday, meaning 1: An official rule made by a government or organisation.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Controlling something with rules: the regulation of traffic.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) Of the official, standard kind: a regulation football.↗ Example: Safety regulations say we must wear helmets.↗ · School regulations ban phones in class.↗ · The ball must be regulation size.↗ · Fire regulations say doors must be kept clear.↗ · Sweating helps the regulation of body heat.↗ · There are strict regulations about food in shops.↗

regulator — Everyday, meaning 1: A regulator is a device that controls something, like the pressure of gas or water or the speed of a clock.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A regulator is an official organisation that makes sure companies follow rules, such as for energy, water or TV.↗ Example: Divers use a regulator to breathe from their tank.↗ · The regulator keeps the gas pressure steady.↗ · The energy regulator decides price caps.↗ · The TV regulator checked complaints.↗ · A clock's regulator keeps the time correct.↗ · The heating has a regulator to keep the room warm.↗

regurgitate — Everyday, meaning 1: To regurgitate food is to bring swallowed food back up into the mouth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Some animals regurgitate food on purpose to feed their babies, like birds and wolves.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, school) To regurgitate facts is to repeat what you learnt word for word without really understanding it.↗ Example: The mother bird regurgitates worms into her chicks' mouths.↗ · Owls regurgitate pellets full of tiny bones.↗ · The baby regurgitated a bit of milk on Dad's shirt.↗ · Cows regurgitate their food and chew it again.↗ · Don't just regurgitate the textbook — explain it in your own words.↗ · Penguins regurgitate fish to feed their young.↗ · We dissected an owl pellet that the owl had regurgitated.↗

rehearsal — Everyday, meaning 1: A rehearsal is a practice of a play, concert, dance or show before the real performance.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A dress rehearsal is the last full practice, done in costume as if it were real.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A rehearsal can be any practice for an important event, like a fire drill or practising a speech.↗ Example: We have a rehearsal for the school play after lunch.↗ · The dress rehearsal went wrong, but the real show was perfect.↗ · The band needs more rehearsal before the concert.↗ · I forgot my lines at rehearsal.↗ · The fire drill is a rehearsal for a real emergency.↗ · The choir stayed late for an extra rehearsal.↗

rehearse — Everyday, meaning 1: To rehearse is to practise a play, song, dance or speech before doing it in front of people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To rehearse is to go over what you will say or do, in your head or out loud, so you are ready.↗ Example: We rehearsed the school play every afternoon.↗ · The choir is rehearsing for the concert.↗ · She rehearsed her speech in front of the mirror.↗ · Tomorrow is the dress rehearsal, with costumes.↗ · He rehearsed what he would say to his dad about the broken window.↗ · The school rehearses the fire drill each term.↗ · They rehearsed the dance until they got it right.↗ · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write this for a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.'↗ (Torah EXO.17.14, JPS 1917)↗ · The glorious splendour of Thy majesty, and Thy wondrous works, will I rehearse.↗ (Writings PSA.145.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he was taken to him.↗ (Prophets 1SA.17.31, JPS 1917)↗ · O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.↗ (Writings PSA.8.2, JPS 1917)↗

reheat — Everyday, meaning 1: To heat food or drink again after it has gone cold: reheat the soup.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make something hot again in general.↗ Example: Can you reheat my pizza, please?↗ · Reheat the soup until it's steaming hot.↗ · Never reheat food more than once.↗ · Mum reheated last night's pasta for lunch.↗ · The microwave reheats a cup of milk in 1 minute.↗ · Stir the food when you reheat it so it heats evenly.↗

rehomed — Everyday, meaning 1: (euphemism, everyday) of a pet: given away to new owners because the old owners could not or would not keep it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: of a person or thing: moved to a new home.↗ Example: Our old cat was rehomed when we moved to a flat.↗ · The shelter rehomed fifty dogs last month.↗ · "Biscuit has been rehomed to a farm," Mum said, and we never asked again.↗ · The rabbits need to be rehomed together.↗ · The charity rehomes ex-racing greyhounds.↗ · A rehomed dog may be nervous at first.↗

rehouse — Everyday, meaning 1: To rehouse people is to give them a new home, usually because their old one is unsafe, destroyed or being knocked down.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To rehouse an animal is to find it a new home.↗ Example: The families were rehoused after the flood.↗ · The council will rehouse everyone from the old tower block.↗ · The shelter rehoused 30 dogs last month.↗ · After the fire they had to wait a week to be rehoused.↗ · Volunteers helped rehouse the hedgehogs.↗ · 12 families were rehoused, 4 in each new building.↗