register

«register» in Mova's school dictionary: an official list of names or things, like the list a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a register, registers); verb (register, registers, registered, registering)

meaning for a pupil

1) A register is an official list of names or things, like the list a teacher uses to check who is at school. tree →

2) To register is to put your name on an official list, for example for a club or to vote. tree →

3) A cash register is the machine in a shop that holds the money and adds up prices. tree →

4) To register can also mean to notice or understand something, or for a machine to show a number. tree →

5) In music and language, a register is how high or low a voice goes, or how formal the words are. tree →

sense in the lessons

At school in the UK, Ireland and Australia, the teacher «takes the register» or «calls the register» each morning; in the USA people say «take attendance». In shops, the cash register adds up prices. In science, an instrument «registers» a reading. Phrases: «take the register», «cash register», «register for», «it didn't register».

examples

• The teacher took the register at nine o'clock. tree →
• Mum registered me for swimming lessons. tree →
• The cashier put the money in the register. tree →
• You must register a new car with the government. tree →
• The thermometer registered thirty degrees. tree →
• My name did not register in her mind at first. tree →
• The bad news took a while to register. tree →
• Every dog must be registered with the council. tree →

note

Countable noun. Past form: registered. «Take the register» is British and Commonwealth; Americans say «take attendance» or «take roll». «It didn't register» means you did not notice or understand it. Spelling: register, not «registar».

In the corpora

• Parents often make a shortlist of names, and the name must be registered officially within a few weeks of the birth.
• Register means choosing words to suit your audience: formal language for governors, chattier words for friends.
• Writers change their register for their reader: chatty for a friend, formal for a head teacher.
• A register is the style of language you choose for a situation.
• Metal rivets on jeans were patented (registered as an invention) in 1873 to stop pockets tearing on miners' work trousers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «register» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.