register

v. record, enroll, enter into the official records; have an effect, have influence

n. list, record; book for maintaining records; style of language used in a particular setting (Linguistics); range of possible tones (Music); regulator; gauge; temporary storage area within the central processor (Computers); (in Sociolinguistics) variety of a language used for a specific objective or in a specific social setting (e.g.: English speaker may pronounce words ending in "ing" with a velar nasal instead of alveolar nasal, or choose more formal words [such as "father" as opposed to "dad", "child" as opposed to "kid", etc.] and abstain from using the word "ain't" when speaking formally setting, but the same English speaker could violate all of these "rules" in an informal setting)

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Noun
1. an official written record of names or events or transactions
(synonym) registry
(hypernym) written record, written account
(hyponym) cadaster, cadastre
(derivation) cross-file
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
(hypernym) timbre, timber, quality, tone
(hyponym) head register, head voice, head tone
(classification) music
3. a book in which names and transactions are listed
(hypernym) record
(hyponym) accounting, accounting system, method of accounting
(derivation) cross-file
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
(hypernym) memory device, storage device
(hyponym) accumulator, accumulator register
(part-holonym) memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board
(classification) computer science, computing
5. an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
(hypernym) air passage, air duct, airway
6. a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
(hypernym) regulator
(part-holonym) furnace
7. a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
(synonym) cash register
(hypernym) cashbox, money box, till
(part-meronym) adding machine, totalizer, totaliser

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Verb
1. record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
(hypernym) record, enter, put down
(hyponym) file
2. record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
(synonym) file
(classification) law, jurisprudence
3. enroll to vote; "register for an election"
(hypernym) enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit
4. be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
(synonym) record
(entail) perceive, comprehend
5. indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
(synonym) read, show, record
(hypernym) indicate
(hyponym) say
(derivation) adjustment, registration, readjustment
6. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
(synonym) cross-file
(hypernym) campaign, run
(hyponym) slate
7. show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register"
(hypernym) show, show up
(verb-group) record
8. manipulate the registers of an organ
(hypernym) play
(classification) music
9. send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter"
(hypernym) mail, post, send
10. enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
(hypernym) affect
(verb-group) record

n. cartulary, archive, record (of charters, deeds, etc.), register, list, book for maintaining records; (Music) range of possible tones, range

n. register, book for maintaining records; list, record; index, list of subjects or other information arranged in alphabetical order

v. register, record, enroll, enter into the official records