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{ "term": "register", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "register", "heSheIt": "registers" }, "pastSimple": "registered", "pastParticiple": "registered", "ingForm": "registering" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to record your/somebody’s/something’s name on an official list", "sensetop": "register somebody/somethingregister somebody + adj.register as somethingregister somebody/something as somethingregister with somebody/somethingregister somebody/something with somebody/somethingregister for somethingregister somebody/something for somethingregister to do somethingregister somebody to do something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "You can also register online." }, { "text": "to register a birth/marriage/death" }, { "text": "to register a company/trademark" }, { "text": "The site has 114 million **registered users**.", "contextForm": "register somebody/something" }, { "text": "a **registered charity**" }, { "text": "We expect about 50 per cent of **registered voters** to vote in the election." }, { "text": "The police has registered a case against the company." }, { "text": "The regulations require doctors and patients to register in a database." }, { "text": "The ship was registered in Panama." }, { "text": "Six other families were also registered at the same address." }, { "text": "to register at a hotel" }, { "text": "She is officially registered disabled.", "contextForm": "register somebody + adj." }, { "text": "They encouraged all eligible citizens to register as voters.", "contextForm": "register as something" }, { "text": "He then **registered the name** as a trademark.", "contextForm": "register somebody/something as something" }, { "text": "to register with a doctor/dentist", "contextForm": "register with somebody/something" }, { "text": "All childminders should be registered with the local authority.", "contextForm": "register somebody/something with somebody/something" }, { "text": "About 700 people registered for the conference.", "contextForm": "register for something" }, { "text": "The drug has not been registered for use in Australia.", "contextForm": "register somebody/something for something" }, { "text": "More than 5 000 people registered to take part in the contest.", "contextForm": "register to do something" }, { "text": "78 per cent reported that they were **registered to vote**.", "contextForm": "register somebody to do something" }, { "text": "About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered by both parents." }, { "text": "As I reached my eighteenth birthday I duly registered for military service." }, { "text": "He registered at his local university." }, { "text": "On completion of the preregistration year, graduates become fully registered by the General Medical Council." }, { "text": "Players must register online before playing the game." }, { "text": "Students living away from home are required to register with a local doctor." }, { "text": "There is still time to register for English classes." }, { "text": "They had not properly registered as required by state law." }, { "text": "You must register the death within three days." }, { "text": "the number of people officially registering as unemployed" }, { "text": "the preferences of newly registered voters" }, { "text": "All students must be registered with a local doctor." }, { "text": "Many older people have registered for a postal vote." }, { "text": "Not all firms are registered for VAT." }, { "text": "Only 2% of the workforce was registered as unemployed." }, { "text": "The company's logo has not yet been registered as a trademark." }, { "text": "Visitors to the country had to register with the police." }, { "text": "You need to go to the Registrar's Office to register the death." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["formally", "officially", "properly"], "verb + register": ["be required to", "have to", "must"], "preposition": ["as", "at", "for"], "phrases": ["newly registered"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to make your opinion known officially or publicly", "sensetop": "register something", "labels": "(formal)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "Many saw the vote as a way to register a protest." } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "if a measuring instrument registers an amount or something registers an amount on a measuring instrument, the instrument shows or records that amount", "sensetop": "+ nounregister something", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "The thermometer registered 32°C.", "contextForm": "+ noun" }, { "text": "The earthquake registered 3 on the Richter scale." }, { "text": "The stock exchange has registered huge losses this week.", "contextForm": "register something" } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to show or express a feeling", "sensetop": "register (something)", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Her face registered disapproval." }, { "text": "Shock registered on everyone's face." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to notice something and remember it; to be noticed", "sensetop": "register (something)register that…register where, what, etc…", "examples": [ { "text": "He barely registered our presence.", "contextForm": "register (something)" }, { "text": "I told her my name, but it obviously didn't register." }, { "text": "He vaguely registered that the women had gone.", "contextForm": "register that…" }, { "text": "Slowly, my mind began to register where I was: in the hospital.", "contextForm": "register where, what, etc…" }, { "text": "The pain that stung her hand did not seem to register." }, { "text": "The words registered slowly in her mind." }, { "text": "His eyes failed to register Meredith's surprise." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["barely", "hardly", "dimly"], "verb + register": ["fail to", "not seem to", "begin to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to send something by mail, paying extra money to protect it against loss or damage", "sensetop": "register something", "examples": [ { "text": "Can I register this, please?" }, { "text": "a registered letter" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈredʒɪstə(r)/", "audio": "re/register/register__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈredʒɪstəz/", "audio": "re/register/registers__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈredʒɪstəd/", "audio": "re/register/registered__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈredʒɪstərɪŋ/", "audio": "re/register/registering__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈredʒɪstər/", "audio": "re/register/register__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈredʒɪstərz/", "audio": "re/register/registers__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈredʒɪstərd/", "audio": "re/register/registered__us_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈredʒɪstərɪŋ/", "audio": "re/register/registering__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French regestre or medieval Latin regestrum, registrum, alteration of regestum, singular of late Latin regesta ‘things recorded’, from regerere ‘enter, record’." }