registered Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
   register.
   
2. verb record in a public office or in a court of law
   register; file.
   
   • file for divorce
   • file a complaint
3. verb enroll to vote
   register.
   
   • register for an election
4. verb be aware of
   record; register.
   
   • Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
5. verb indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
   read; record; register; show.
   
   • The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
   • The gauge read `empty'
6. verb have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
   cross-file; register.
   
7. verb show in one's face
   register.
   
   • Her surprise did not register
8. verb manipulate the registers of an organ
   register.
   
9. verb send by registered mail
   register.
   
   • I'd like to register this letter
10. verb enter into someone's consciousness
    register.
    
    • Did this event register in your parents' minds?
11. adjective (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book
    
    • a registered Percheron
12. adjective listed or recorded officially
    
    • record is made of `registered mail' at each point on its route to assure safe delivery
    • registered bonds
13. adjective satellite (of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc
    

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