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register
Verb
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If you register someone or something, you put their name on a list.
I haven't registered for September classes yet.
Please take a moment to register your software with the company.
Our dog is registered with the city.
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If you register a complaint, protest, etc. you make your opinion known formally.
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If something doesn't register, you don't notice it.
I knew I had something else on, but I guess it just didn't register when I made the appointment.
register
Noun
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A register is an official list of names.
On voting day, I found my name was not on the register and I couldn't vote.
The government is reviewing the national register of births, deaths, and marriages.
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A register is a particular style of language used by a certain group of people or in certain situations.
Speeches are usually given in a very formal, almost written register.
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A register is a particular range of notes.
The piano plays arpeggi in higher registers, accompanying the clarinet that plays the melody in full-blooded lower middle registers.
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A cash register is a machine in a shop that calculates total payment and holds money.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
unit
Noun
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One of a measure of something; the amount of something that is counted as "one".
Measure five units to the left.
$4 is the unit price.
A pound is a useful unit for thinking about amounts of butter.
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Form of measurement.
I prefer metric units.
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Item, used when no other word for something exists.
He set up the A/C unit.