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verb

Definition of registernext
1
as in to enroll
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member please register me for the yoga class

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2
as in to log
to make a written note of the management registered her complaint in their log and promised to get back to her in a week

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3
as in to enter
to put (someone or something) on a list I have to register my new car when I renew my driver's license

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4
as in to understand
to have a clear idea of I'm not registering what you're saying

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register

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noun (1)

as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records ask the county register for a copy of your birth certificate

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register

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noun (2)

ˈre-jə-stər How to pronounce register (audio)
as in list
a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system check the voter register to see if it has my current party affiliation

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Recent Examples of register
Verb
The attorney general's office said Piva registered to vote online and then participated in early in-person voting. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Cinematographer Julián Elizalde brings an artist’s eye to lighting and feels equally at home with the diverse tonalities registered in both digital and Super16mm. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
Twin Rivers’ objection to Grant High Ryan DiGiulio, chief business official for Twin Rivers Unified School District, which Grant High is part of, sent a letter to the state on June 30 objecting to adding the school to the register. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026 On October 12, 2025, armed and masked thieves broke into the museum and made off with cash from the register and at least one watch. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for register
Recent Examples of Synonyms for register
  1. enroll
  2. log
  3. enter
  4. understand
  5. registrar
  6. list
  7. record
  8. know
Verb
  • Low-income riders can enroll in LA Metro’s LIFE Program, where new members get 90 days of unlimited free rides, followed by 20 free rides each month.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Milinsky, a 79-year-old Pompano Beach grandfather, was the second person in Florida to enroll in treatment with Kisunla, an anti-amyloid medication developed by Eli Lilly.
    — Lauren Pastrana, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of enroll
Verb
  • Docker moved in a different direction with its MCP Catalog and Toolkit, containerizing servers and wrapping them in secret management, policy enforcement and audit logging.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Presentation of the key, combined with the device already being signed in to the user’s Google account, triggers the Google server to present an authentication assertion to the site the user wants to log in to.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of log
Verb
  • Despite the help from aircraft, law enforcement could not locate the suspects after searching all of the rail cars investigators believed the burglars entered.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Red Sox lost their fourth consecutive game, 5-3, after entering the losing streak without back-to-back losses since July 1 and without three or more straight losses since mid-June.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of enter
Verb
  • Furthermore, understanding compensation gaps helps identify valuable expertise and actionable development paths.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Not necessarily having control of it, but understanding what Kanan did and how this was going to come back to him.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of understand
Noun
  • The Bayeux Tapestry‘s journey to the British Museum was made possible by a remarkable team of conservators, registrars, engineers, and specialist art handlers whose work is rarely seen by the public—and the Times of London has given them their due.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Those eligible to vote can visit the state’s online voter registration portal to sign up, apply in person to your town clerk or registrar, or download a paper form in English or Spanish and mail it in to your town’s registrar of voters office.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of registrar
Noun
  • Yankuba Minteh could be added to that list following an injury to his right leg sustained in Saturday’s 3-0 friendly win at home to Roma.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Removing them from the list means that insurance companies ultimately may not pay for these two vaccines that are obviously still needed, in view of the data above.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of list
Verb
  • In June, one content creator recorded a relatively empty Disneyland while noting the absent daytime crowd.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Some 1,017 wildfires have been recorded in England and Wales this year, according to data from the National Fire Chiefs Council, the same as last year’s record-breaking total.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of record
Verb
  • The findings from the 2017 eclipse suggested another explanation, known as the diffraction-interference, might be responsible for shadow bands.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Raquel’s battling that same thing of just not really knowing how, but wanting to be in her version of being a good mom.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of know

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