register

1. 1.

   an official written record of names or events or transactions

   Synonymsregistry

   Broaderwritten record

   Narrowercadastercheck registerstudbookrent-roll
2. 2.

   (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments

   Broadertimbre

   Narrowerhead registerchest register

   music

3. 3.

   a book in which names and transactions are listed

   Broaderrecord

   Narroweraccountinginventorypayroll
4. 4.

   (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind

   Broadermemory device

   Narroweraccumulatorcounterindex registershift register

   Part ofmemory

   computer science

5. 5.

   an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room

   Broaderair passage
6. 6.

   a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device

   Broaderregulator

   Part offurnace
7. 7.

   a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill

   Synonymscash register

   Broadercashbox

   Partsadding machine

Other forms of register

plural

registers·

past tense

registerred·

present participle

registerring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about register

What does register mean?

register means "record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions". That is the primary sense; the word has 17 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in register?

register has 3 syllables: reg-i-ster. The stress falls on "reg". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛdʒɪstɚ/.

What is another word for register?

Close synonyms include file, record, read, show, record. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is register a common word?

register is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.