{
    "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’."
}