registration

[rej-uh-strey-shuhn]

noun

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.

registration

/ 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

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of registration¹

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

Example Sentences

The Care Inspectorate has ordered improvements to be made to services at Castlehill Care Home in Inverness, or risk having its registration cancelled.

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Registering a new car could cost more next year as well, with the first registration duty going up by 8.7%.

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It means sales of fully electric or hybrid vehicles made up more than half of all new car registrations in the UK last month.

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The carmaker said the data that had been accessed by the cyber-attack included some or all of: customer names, addresses, dates of birth, gender, phone number, vehicle identification numbers and vehicle registration details.

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A social worker told the court that men in up to 10 cars a night were seen arriving at the children's home and vehicle registration plates were passed to police weekly.

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