registration

American  

[rej-uh-stray-shuhn] / ˌrɛdʒ əˈstreɪ ʃən /

noun

• registrations
  plural

1. the act of registering.

2. an instance of this.

3. an entry in a register.

4. the group or number registered.

5. an official act of registering one's name in the list of qualified voters.

6. a certificate attesting to the fact that someone or something has been registered.

   a boat registration.

7. Music.

   1. the act or technique of registrating.

   2. the selection of stops made by an organist for a particular piece.

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registration British  

/ ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreɪʃən /

noun

1. 1. the act of registering or state of being registered

   2. ( as modifier )

      a registration number

2. an entry in a register

3. a group of people, such as students, who register at a particular time

4. a combination of organ or harpsichord stops used in the performance of a piece of music

5. 1. a tax payable by the owner of a motor vehicle

   2. the period paid for

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• misregistration
  noun
• nonregistration
  noun
• preregistration
  noun
• reregistration
  noun
• superregistration
  noun
• underregistration
  noun
• registrational
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• registrations
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of registration

1560–70; < Middle French < Medieval Latin registrātiōn- (stem of registrātiō ). See registrate, -ion

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Explanation

Registration is the act of enrolling in something, like a school. There is also registration for voters and drivers and people attending a conference. In life, there are some things anybody can do at any time; for other things you have to go through registration first. Registration is the process of signing up or enrolling in something. Colleges make students go through registration to sign up for new classes. There is a registration process for voting: if you haven't registered, you can't vote. Registration usually involves some paperwork and waiting in line. No one enjoys registration, but it's something we all have to do.

Example Sentences

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registration registrations

The single propeller plane, registration HB-SXA, is made of carbon fibre to ensure lightness and strength.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Voter registration records are based on a person’s physical residential address, which determines the districts where they can vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Its response surprised him: It suggested a “household manager”—a part-time human employee—to handle “camp registration races, sick-day improvisation and the 10 judgment calls a week that no system will get right.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The result astonished him and many observers of Kenyan politics – by the time the registration period ended, 2.6 million new voters across the country had signed up.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

To get papers, he said, I would need a photo I could not afford and a birth registration that did not exist.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Firstly there is the contract and the player registrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the policy’s first year, Nanjing’s marriage registrations jumped more than 15% year over year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Their goal: 20 to 25 new registrations per event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Overwhelmed by the spam, RubyGems was forced to shut down new account registrations for four days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

February 4 to 9, 1918, inclusive, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. have been designated as the dates and time when registrations must be made.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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