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Noun register has 7 senses
  1. register, registry - an official written record of names or events or transactions
    --1 is a kind of written record, written account
    --1 has particulars:
     cadaster, cadastre; check register; studbook; rent-roll
    Derived forms: verb register6, verb register2, verb register1
  2. register - (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
    --2 is a kind of     timbre, timber, quality, tone
    --2 has particulars:
     head register, head voice, head tone; chest register, chest voice, chest tone
    Derived form: verb register8
  3. register - a book in which names and transactions are listed
    --3 is a kind of     record
    --3 has particulars:
     accounting, accounting system, method of accounting; inventory; payroll, paysheet
    Derived forms: verb register6, verb register2, verb register1
  4. register - (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
    --4 is a kind of     memory device, storage device
    --4 is a part of
     memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board
     --4 has particulars:
     accumulator, accumulator register; counter; index register; shift register
  5. register - an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
    --5 is a kind of     air passage, air duct, airway
  6. register - a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
    --6 is a kind of     regulator
    --6 is a part of furnace
  7. cash register, register - a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
    --7 is a kind of cashbox, money box, till
    --7 has parts: adding machine, totalizer, totaliser
,Verb register has 10 senses
  1. register - record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
    --1 is one way to     record, enter, put down
    Derived forms: noun register3, noun register1, noun registration3, noun registration1, noun registrant1, noun registry1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. file, register - record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
    --2 is one way to register
    Derived forms: noun register3, noun register1, noun registry1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. register - enroll to vote; "register for an election"
    --3 is one way to     enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. record, register - be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  5. read, register, show, record - indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
    --5 is one way to indicate
    Derived form: noun registration5
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  6. cross-file, register - have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
    --6 is one way to campaign, run
    Derived forms: noun register3, noun register1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  7. register - show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register"
    --7 is one way to     show, show up
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  8. register - manipulate the registers of an organ
    --8 is one way to     play
    Derived forms: noun register2, noun registration4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  9. register - send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter"
    --9 is one way to     mail, post, send
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  10. register - enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
    --10 is one way to     affect
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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