Betekenis van register In het Nederlands

• 0 to put information, especially your name, into an official list or record:

  • I registered the car in my name.

  • Within two weeks of arrival all foreigners had to register with the local police.

  • Students have to register for the new course by the end of April.

• 1 to record, show, or express something:

  • The Geiger counter registered a dangerous level of radioactivity.

  • The earthquake was too small to register on the Richter scale.

  • formal His face registered extreme disapproval of what he had witnessed.

• 2 If something registers, someone realizes it and if someone registers something, they realize it:

  • I did mention the address but I'm not sure that it registered (with him).

  • I scarcely registered the fact that he was there.

• 3 If you register a letter or parcel, you send it using a special postal service, so that it will be dealt with in a special way and not be lost:

  • a registered letter

• 4 a book or record containing a list of names:

  • Guests write their names in the (hotel) register.

  • Is your name on the register of voters?

  • If a child is absent, the teacher notes it down in the (class) register.

• 5 the style of language, grammar, and words used for particular situations:

  • People chatting at a party will usually be talking in (an) informal register.

• 6 all the notes that a musical instrument or a person's voice can produce, from the highest to the lowest:

  • music written mainly for the lower/higher register of the clarinet

• 7 the drawer in a cash register (= a machine which records sales in a shop, and in which money is kept) or the cash register itself:

  • Next time you have the register open, could you give me some change?

  • I think these items have been rung up wrongly on the register.

• 8 to record someone’s name or ownership of property on an official list:

  • [ T ] I registered the car in my name.

  • [ + to infinitive ] Voters have until February 16 to register to vote in the primary.

  • [ I ] Students are currently registering for summer courses.

• 9 (of an instrument) to measure and record an amount:

  • [ T ] The thermometer registered 79°F.

  • [ I ] The tremor barely registered on the Richter scale.

• 10 to show an emotion by the expression on your face:

  • Her face registered shock at the news.

• 11 to have some effect:

  • The loss of her home has not really registered on her yet.

• 12 all the notes that a voice or musical instrument can produce, from the highest to the lowest

• 13 short form ofcash register

• 14 a device that controls the flow of air from a heating or cooling system through an opening into a room

• 15 a book containing an official list or record:

  • The American Film Institute drew up a register of the 100 greatest American films ever made.

• 16 to put information, especially the name of someone or something, on an official list or record:

  • Bids may be registered 24 hours a day.

  • to register a car/company/domain name

  • register as sth Investment advisers may need to register as brokers.

  • In the UK, a business is required to register for VAT.

  • register (sb/sth) with sth Hedge-fund managers must register the commission under the terms of the 1940 Investment Advisers Act.

• 17 to record or show a measurement, an amount, etc.:

  • The built-in telephone line has registered 50 calls daily.

  • During the period under review, the company registered a 30% decline in gross profit.

• 18 when you register a letter or package, you send it by mail using a special service, so that it will be dealt with in a special way and not be lost:

  • I'd like to register this parcel, please.

  • a registered letter

• 19 to show your opinion or interest formally or officially:

  • The engineering arm of the company is said to have registered an interest by the bid deadline.

• 20 a book or record containing an official list of names, items, etc.:

  • a central/national register

  • guest/visitors' register All visitors to the company are asked to sign the visitors' register.

  • Issuing companies keep a register of bondholders.

• 21 →  cash register