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Definition of registernext
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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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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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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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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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Recent Examples of register
Verb
The Titan had suffered a catastrophic implosion; the five men had died before their brains had even had time to register what was happening. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 In South Dakota, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a new law that includes requiring voters registering for the first time to present the most common forms of ID — driver's licenses, Tribal IDs and non-driver state IDs. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Noun
At Fry the Coop in Portage Park, about $4,000 in damage was done in seconds and the register was ripped out. — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The lower-register instruments in this track are also fairly mellow in the recording, and the subtle bass in the headphones almost pushes them into obscurity, further piling everything into the cacophonous middle. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for register
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Verb
  • The school enrolls more than 400 students from kindergarten to 5th grade.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • My mom enrolled as a junior at Hollywood High School and took care of the house—cleaning, reheating frozen chicken pot pies, and making sure everyone did their homework.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • The giants of the late 1990s, including Qualcomm, Oracle, and Cisco, logged earnings on par with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft today.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The centers logged 862 exposures to retatrutide in the three months ending in September, up from 460 in the three months prior and 249 in the first three months of 2026.
    — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • While Spain's government has defended Rabat's role in helping the return of the majority of the 80,000 who entered Ceuta, many in Spain, including police and some lawmakers, doubt that Rabat could not have known about the mass movement of people.
    — JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Goyard Saint Louis entered the top 10 ranking at number seven, bumping the Celine Ava off the list entirely, according to the report.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But the really impactful part is understanding the function and developing it into a tool.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The committee isn’t fully aware of the muddy bog in which Taverner is currently sinking, but Lamb is starting to understand the shape of it.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In October 2024, the Orange County registrar of voters office flagged the case to the district attorney.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Si, Slovenia's domain registrar, denies any wrongdoing, Snopes reports.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But the posting of the media list signaled, at least on an organizational level, the trip was going ahead.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Currently, going direct to consumer through email lists on platforms like Punchup Live is one option.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Health Ministry has recorded two cases, including one death, in Nord-Ubangi province, bordering the Central African Republic.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Both devices are designed to record, transcribe and analyze a user's day.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos,Annie Palmer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Depending on the machine and settings, that material ends up in a purge tower built alongside the print, or in a collection of little plastic doll's-house-looking spaghetti balls, affectionately known as printer poop.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Cringing can therefore manifest as the abashment of not knowing (yet; possibly ever) how to read something.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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“Register.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/register. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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