registers 1 of 3

present tense third-person singular of register
1
as in enrolls
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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2
as in records
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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3
as in enters
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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registers

2 of 3

noun (1)

plural of register
as in registrars
an official whose job is to keep records ask the county register for a copy of your birth certificate

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registers

3 of 3

noun (2)

plural of register

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Recent Examples of registers
Verb
Shifting between precision and improvisation, each rhythmic mark registers its own time signature. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Heat, whisking constantly, until sugar is dissolved and an instant-read thermometer registers 170°. — Tanya Bush, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026 Braise for 20 to 25 minutes, until the chicken is almost cooked through and tender (and registers 155° to 160°F on an instant-read thermometer, inserted away from the bone). — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 26 Sep. 2026 Independent film barely registers as a category worth naming, let alone protecting. — Stuart Ford, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026 Bake until the focaccia is set and slightly puffed and registers an internal temperature of 190°F, 18 to 22 minutes. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Now that fragrance generates about 40 percent of Maison Crivelli’s sales and registers high growth, the executive said. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 But the life-comes-at-you-fast aspect of having your nose wide open also registers here. — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026 The device registers skin age and notes pores, dark circles, pigmentation and acne. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
Bake chicken until deeply browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh registers 165°, 25–30 minutes. — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026 Roast until golden brown and thermometer registers 175°F, 30 to 45 minutes. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2026 Van Aertryck and his colleagues turned to prints, paintings, real-estate registers, and topographical maps to re-create Daguerre’s environs, but these pre-photographic renderings had their limits. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 These primitive instincts are highly attuned to potential danger and are often triggered before our conscious mind registers that something isn’t right. — Georgia Casey, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026 At nearly double the size of a standard supermarket, the location includes 644 parking spots and about 40 registers. — Chase Jordan october 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026 That interaction, not the food itself, is what the nose actually registers. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 When this change in resistance occurs, the sensor produces an electric signal, which the keyboard’s microcontroller registers as an input. — ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026 Warriors, women – and shrines Historians can estimate how many people received the rose based on evidence available in the Vatican’s accounting registers and other historical records. — Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for registers
Verb
  • The institute also plans to work with CUNY, which enrolls roughly 500,000 students, Simmons said, on programs such as add-on AI certificates.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The school enrolls more than 400 students from kindergarten to 5th grade.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Lemley has practiced medicine for 14 years, 10 of those in Texas, according to Texas Medical Board records.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The boy’s mother, who was in a dating relationship with Clark, tried to intervene, but Clark allegedly struck her with the chair, too, court records state.
    — Tanya Babbar, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Sun enters your 12th House, drawing your attention toward rest, reflection, privacy, unfinished matters, and everything easier to hear when the outside world becomes less demanding.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The company enters a specialized market with a domestic supply problem.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The prince didn’t have any luck in blocking Kelce, which comes as little surprise given the Chiefs star knows how to avoid defensive players.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Anyone who has worked at a fast-growing company at the edge of technology knows that obligations, circumstances and products change daily.
    — Daniel Kjellén, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Curtis was appointed by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors last year after two previous registrars resigned.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Bayeux Tapestry‘s journey to the British Museum was made possible by a remarkable team of conservators, registrars, engineers, and specialist art handlers whose work is rarely seen by the public—and the Times of London has given them their due.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Other states regularly collect lists of people who showed noncitizen forms of documentation at the DMV and compare those names to ones on the voter roll to flag potential noncitizen voters.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Right next to the lobby, with its own entrance from the street, Fismuler is Nino Redruello’s restaurant that has jumped to the top of many must-dine lists.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Every user who logs in is a user whose account the fraudsters now own.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In late August, Luke Agada logs onto Zoom from his studio in Chicago, with two new paintings of surreal domestic landscapes mounted on the wall behind him.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Nasdaq 100 and the Dow Industrials Both indexes high new highs Wednesday.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 28 May 2026
  • The ratio worth tracking is confirmed to suspected, currently about 1 in 15, which indexes how quickly the lab system is catching up to the field.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026

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“Registers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/registers. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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