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Meaning of the word registers in English

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registers

Noun

1.

an official list or record, for example of births, marriages, and deaths, of shipping, or of historic places.

Example:
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a membership register
Synonym:
listing roll roster index directory catalog schedule inventory tally calendar record chronicle diary journal log logbook ledger archive annals files
2.

a particular part of the range of a voice or instrument.

Example:
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his voice moved up a register
Synonym:
range area region reaches sweep voice notes octaves

Verb

1.

enter or record on an official list or directory.

Example:
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the vessel is registered as Liberian
Synonym:
record enter file lodge post set down inscribe write down submit report take down note minute list log catalog
2.

(of an instrument) detect and show (a reading) automatically.

Example:
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the electroscope was too insensitive to register the tiny changes
Synonym:
indicate read record show display
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