Definition of registry
registries
1 : registration, enrollment
2 : the nationality of a ship according to its entry in a register : flag
3 : a place of registration
4a : an official record bookb : an entry in a registry
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Examples of registry in a Sentence
the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
got a copy of the couple's bridal registry from the store's computer and scanned it for items we could afford
Recent Examples of registry from the Web
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While your event is a baby shower, this advice can apply to weddings and other gift-giving registry celebrations.
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Records held by Congo’s mining registry show that five mining licenses have been transferred from Ivanhoe to GICC since 2015.
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Other pieces such as the number patches refer to his more harming actions, like the comment that putting Muslims on a registry would 'just be good management'.
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The country has been planning to set up a National Cancer Institute within five years, plus a registry to track cancer patients.
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The real Morel and Wilson had no luck reaching MTA, which shut down 20 years ago and was dropped from the Colorado secretary of state’s registry in 2001.
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About 1 in 20 women with Zika so far have had babies with birth defects in U.S. territories, according to the latest pregnancy registry data.
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About 1 in 20 women with Zika so far have had babies with birth defects in U.S. territories, according to the latest pregnancy registry data.
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Amazon.com will begin selling Nike shoes directly through a brand-registry program designed to keep counterfeit goods off the site, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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First Known Use of registry
1589
REGISTRY Defined for English Language Learners
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: a place where official records are kept
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: a book or system for keeping an official list or record of items
REGISTRY Defined for Kids
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registries
: a place where registration takes place a registry of motor vehicles
Medical Dictionary
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1: a place where data, records, or laboratory samples are kept and usually are made available for research or comparative study a cancer registry
2: an establishment at which nurses available for employment are listed and through which they are hired
Law Dictionary
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registries
1 : registration an instrument filed for registry in the conveyance records — Louisiana Civil Code
2 : the nationality of a ship according to its entry in a register
3 : a place of registration : a place where official records and documents are kept the registry of motor vehicles registry of deeds
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