Standard Lemma guide

registration

noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌɹed͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹæɪ.ʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH2 JH IH0 S T R EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of signing up or registering for something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Complete the registration process.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Did you submit your car registration yet?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The location where guests register, especially with a hotel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The elevators are just past registration.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Ellipsis of registration number.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Examples

  • Did you get their registration?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the act of enrolling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enrollment, enrolment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of adjusting something to match a standard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adjustment, readjustment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: calibration, standardization, standardisation

Narrower terms: alignment, collimation, temperament, tune-up, synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing, synchronising, voicing

9

noun

Meaning 9

(music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound property

10

noun

Meaning 10

a document certifying an act of registering

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: certificate, certification, credential, credentials

11

noun

Meaning 11

the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enrollment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English register Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English registration From register + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: regjistrim — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Arabic: تَسْجِيل (tasjīl) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Armenian: գրանցում (grancʻum) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Azerbaijani: qeydiyyat — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Belarusian: рэгістра́цыя (rehistrácyja) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Bulgarian: регистра́ция (registrácija) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 註冊 /注册 (zhùcè) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 登記 /登记 (dēngjì) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 登錄 /登录 (dēnglù) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Czech: registrace — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Danish: registrering — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Dutch: registratie — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Estonian: registreerimine — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Faroese: skráseting — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Finnish: rekisteröinti — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • French: enregistrement — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Gagauz: registraţiya — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Georgian: რეგისტრაცია (regisṭracia) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • German: Registrierung — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • German: Anmelden — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Greek: εγγραφή (engrafí) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Hindi: पंजीकरण (pañjīkraṇ) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Hungarian: jelentkezés — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Hungarian: bejelentkezés — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Hungarian: feliratkozás — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Hungarian: beiratkozás — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Hungarian: regisztráció — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Hungarian: regisztrálás — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Italian: registrazione — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Japanese: 登録 (tōroku) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Japanese: 登記 (tōki) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Kazakh: тіркеу (tırkeu) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Korean: 등록 (deungnok) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Korean: 등기 (deunggi) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Latvian: reģistrācija — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Latvian: reģistrēšana — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Lithuanian: registracija — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Macedonian: регистрација (registracija) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Malay: pendaftaran — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: registrering — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: registrering — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Iranian Persian: ثَبْت (sabt) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Iranian Persian: نامنِویسی (nâm-nevisi) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Polish: rejestracja — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Portuguese: registo — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Portuguese: registro — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Romanian: înregistrare — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Russian: регистра́ция (registrácija) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Serbo-Croatian: регистра́ција — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Serbo-Croatian: registrácija — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Slovak: registrácia — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Slovene: registracija — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Spanish: registración — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Spanish: inscripción — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Spanish: matriculación — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Spanish: registro — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Swedish: registrering — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Tagalog: patalaan — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Tajik: қайдкунӣ (qaydkuni) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Tajik: қайд (qayd) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Thai: การจดทะเบียน (gaan-jòt-tá-biian) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Thai: การลงทะเบียน (gaan-long-tá-biian) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Turkish: kayıt — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Turkish: tescil — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Ukrainian: реєстра́ція (rejestrácija) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Urdu: اِنْدِراج (indirāj) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Urdu: تَسْجِیل (tasjīl) — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Uzbek: registratsiya — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Vietnamese: đăng ký — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Vietnamese: sự đăng ký — the act of signing up or registering for something
  • Finnish: rekisteröinti — that which registers or makes something official
  • German: Registrierung — that which registers or makes something official
  • German: Anmeldung — that which registers or makes something official
  • Gujarati: નોંધણી (nŏndhaṇī) — that which registers or makes something official
  • Hungarian: bejelentés — that which registers or makes something official
  • Hungarian: bejelentkezés — that which registers or makes something official
  • Hungarian: bejegyzés — that which registers or makes something official
  • Hungarian: bejegyeztetés — that which registers or makes something official
  • Hungarian: nyilvántartásba vétel — that which registers or makes something official
  • Hungarian: jegyzékbe/névjegyzékbe való felvétel — that which registers or makes something official
  • Hungarian: nyilvántartás — that which registers or makes something official
  • Japanese: 登録 (tōroku) — that which registers or makes something official
  • Khmer: ការកំណត់ (kaa kɑmnɑt) — that which registers or makes something official
  • Korean: 등록 (deungnok) — that which registers or makes something official
  • Latvian: reģistrācija — that which registers or makes something official
  • Latvian: reģistrēšana — that which registers or makes something official
  • Norwegian Bokmål: registrering — that which registers or makes something official
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: registrering — that which registers or makes something official
  • Russian: регистра́ция (registrácija) — that which registers or makes something official
  • Serbo-Croatian: регистра́ција — that which registers or makes something official
  • Serbo-Croatian: registrácija — that which registers or makes something official
  • Czech: pasování — (printing) alignment
  • Finnish: kohdistus — (printing) alignment
  • Spanish: registro — (printing) alignment
  • Belarusian: рэгістрату́ра (rehistratúra) — the location where guests register
  • Bulgarian: реце́пция (recépcija) — the location where guests register
  • Finnish: ilmoittautuminen — the location where guests register
  • German: Anmeldung — the location where guests register
  • German: Empfang — the location where guests register
  • German: Rezeption — the location where guests register
  • Hungarian: recepció — the location where guests register
  • Japanese: 受付 (uketsuke) — the location where guests register
  • Japanese: フロント (furonto) — the location where guests register
  • Korean: 접수처 (jeopsucheo) — the location where guests register
  • Korean: 리셉션 (risepsyeon) — the location where guests register
  • Korean: 프런트 (peureonteu) — the location where guests register
  • Latvian: reģistratūra — the location where guests register
  • Portuguese: recepção — the location where guests register
  • Portuguese: receção — the location where guests register
  • Russian: регистрату́ра (registratúra) — the location where guests register
  • Russian: ресе́пшен (resɛ́pšen) — the location where guests register
  • Spanish: recepción — the location where guests register
  • Ukrainian: реєстрату́ра (rejestratúra) — the location where guests register
  • German: Registrierung — the art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ
  • Hungarian: regisztráció — the art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ
  • Hungarian: regisztrálás — the art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ
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