register noun
1 list of names
ADJ. detailed | full | up-to-date | annual | central, national, public | statutory | professional | attendance, membership | electoral, voters' | medical | birth, burial, marriage | address | class, school | church, parish | hotel | asset, land, property, share
VERB + REGISTER appear on, be on All those appearing on the register must notify the authorities of any change of address. | remain on | keep, maintain They keep a register of all those who have contributed to the fund. | call, take The teacher takes the register at the beginning of each class. | inspect | compile, create, draw up, establish She was asked to draw up a register of suitable sites. | add sb/sth to, enter sb/sth in/on, register sb/sth in/on Their names had been entered in the register as owners of the company. | omit sb/sth from | remove sb from, strike sb from/off He was struck off the medical register for professional misconduct. | sign The bride and bridegroom signed the register.
REGISTER + VERB contain sth, include sth a register containing details of four million cars
REGISTER + NOUN office
PREP. in a /the~ It was the last entry in the register. | on a/the ~ There are 36 children on the register.
PHRASES an entry in/on a register
2 range of a voice/an instrument
ADJ. high, low, middle, upper the lower register of the piano
PREP. in a/the ~ boy trebles singing in high registers
3 level/style of a piece of writing/speech
ADJ. formal, informal | appropriate
VERB + REGISTER adopt He has adopted an informal register so as not to alienate his audience.
register verb
1 put sb/sth on an official list
ADV. fully On completion of the preregistration year, graduates become fully registered by the General Medical Council. | jointly About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered by both parents. | formally, officially | legally | duly As I reached my eighteenth birthday I duly registered for military service. | automatically
VERB + REGISTER be required to, have to, must You must register the death within three days. | be eligible to, be entitled to | fail to | refuse to
PREP. as the number of people officially registering as unemployed | at He registered at his local university. | for There is still time to register for English classes. | with Students living away from home are required to register with a local doctor.
2 notice sth
ADV. barely, hardly, scarcely She had barely registered his presence. | vaguely He vaguely registered that the women had gone.
VERB + REGISTER fail to His eyes failed to register Meredith's surprise.
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