Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: register
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ɛdʒɪstɚ]
Pronunciations of register
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: register, registry
    Meaning: an official written record of names or events or transactions
  • Synonyms: register
    Meaning: (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
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: register
    Meaning: record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
  • Synonyms: file, register
    Meaning: record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
  • Synonyms: register
    Meaning: enroll to vote; "register for an election"
  • Synonyms: record, register
    Meaning: be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
  • Synonyms: read, register, show, record
    Meaning: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • Synonyms: cross-file, register
    Meaning: have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
Usage examples
  • The Prison Register.
  • "I knew she was in the house, because I saw her name in the hotel book last night when I went to register ours."
  • "Thanks," said the latter, closing the register with a slam, "I have all I want; now it is for me to perform my promise.
  • He was no longer astonished when he searched on to find in the register this note, placed in a bracket against his name:--
  • It swung itself into the higher register, where it came to a stop before A major, just as the introduction stopped before C major.
  • To emphasize the importance of these effects it is only necessary to recall that the constellations register the oldest traditions of our race.
  • I do not know these enemies, not having sufficient materials at my disposal for a register of the parasites; but, from indications gathered elsewhere, I suspect them.
  • Feeling braced up by this unexpected tonic to his spiritual depression, Calliope executed a fortissimo note from his upper register, and returned the fire like an echo.
  • "Mr. Steele, I practised law in that state for a period of three years. All the records of the office and of the prison register are open to me. Over which of them should I waste my time?"
  • Ceremony performed, register signed, Lady Tippins escorted out of sacred edifice by Veneering, carriages rolling back to Stucconia, servants with favours and flowers, Veneering's house reached, drawing-rooms most magnificent.
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2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jesus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ceremonial ship launching, License CC BY-SA 4.0
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