registry
Americannoun
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registries
plural
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the act of registering; registration.
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a place where a register is kept; an office of registration.
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the state of being registered.
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the nationality of a merchant ship as shown on its register.
noun
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a place where registers are kept, such as the part of a church where the bride and groom sign a register after a wedding
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the registration of a ship's country of origin
a ship of Liberian registry
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another word for registration
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of registry
First recorded in 1475–85; regist(er) + -ry
Example Sentences
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A vehicle is not officially considered stolen until it appears in the registry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
It so happens that .si is the top-level suffix for Slovenia's internet domain names registry, which both locals and foreigners can request.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The order would also speed the implementation timelines for two California state laws establishing a framework for independent AI-verification organizations and create a state registry for AI auditors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Assembly Bill 1405 establishes a registry for AI auditors and standards for their independence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Levenloos, the Dutch word for “lifeless,” is written on the registry in the Zundert town hall.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
The shift toward cash registries comes as the typical U.S. home down payment rose to $69,250 in June 2026 from $28,500 in January 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
If a patient has an antibody against an antigen carried by nearly everyone else, locating compatible donor blood can require specialized laboratories, rare donor registries and sometimes international cooperation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
A government audit of family registries in Japan in 2010 uncovered more than 230,000 people listed as being aged 100 or older who were unaccounted for, some having died decades previously.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
They verified his birth date in two registries, and filled in the paperwork to register him for a possible record as a joke, she added.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Their names are sent to registries, but mostly the photographs wave in the wind, unclaimed.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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