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Added 9 October 2026

register

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ noun

Latin root: registrum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about register at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An official written record of names or events or transactions.
(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.
A book in which names and transactions are listed.

verb

Record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions.
Record in a public office or in a court of law.
file for divorce
Enroll to vote.
register for an election

Origin

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”).

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