register

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɚ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an official written record of names or events or transactions
  2. noun (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
  3. noun a book in which names and transactions are listed

Etymology

From Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded”), from Latin regerō (“to record, to carry back”), from re- + gerō (“to carry, bear”). Compare Latin registoria (“a treasurer”). Some senses influenced by association with unrelated Latin regō (“to rule”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

registry

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
written record
Narrower (hyponyms)
rent-roll, studbook, check register, cadaster

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