[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/register.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / register [← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/R/) # register «register» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **an official list of names or things, like the list a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a register, registers); verb (register, registers, registered, registering) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A register is an official list of names or things, like the list a teacher uses to check who is at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#m1) 2) To register is to put your name on an official list, for example for a club or to vote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#m2) 3) A cash register is the machine in a shop that holds the money and adds up prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#m3) 4) To register can also mean to notice or understand something, or for a machine to show a number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#m4) 5) In music and language, a register is how high or low a voice goes, or how formal the words are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#m5) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means an official list of names, such as the list of the people in a city or of priestly families. Interpretation: In Ezra, men who could not prove their priestly descent were barred from the priesthood. The tradition reads this as showing how seriously birth records were kept. In the primary lessons: At school in the UK, Ireland and Australia, the teacher «takes the register» or «calls the register» each morning; in the USA people say «take attendance». In shops, the cash register adds up prices. In science, an instrument «registers» a reading. Phrases: «take the register», «cash register», «register for», «it didn't register». ### examples - The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples: 'This one was born there.' Selah (Writings PSA.87.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x1) - These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. (Writings EZR.2.62, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x2) - The teacher took the register at nine o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x3) - Mum registered me for swimming lessons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x4) - The cashier put the money in the register. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x5) - You must register a new car with the government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x6) - The thermometer registered thirty degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x7) - My name did not register in her mind at first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x8) - The bad news took a while to register. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x9) - Every dog must be registered with the council. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/#x10) ### note Countable noun. Past form: registered. «Take the register» is British and Commonwealth; Americans say «take attendance» or «take roll». «It didn't register» means you did not notice or understand it. Spelling: register, not «registar». ### In the corpora - [The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples: 'This one was born there.' Selah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1537/) - [Parents often make a shortlist of names, and the name must be registered officially within a few weeks of the birth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/17/) - [Register means choosing words to suit your audience: formal language for governors, chattier words for friends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/12/) - [Writers change their register for their reader: chatty for a friend, formal for a head teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/13/) - [A register is the style of language you choose for a situation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/8/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «register» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/register/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.