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enregistering

enregistering is the present participle and gerund of enregister.

Meaning of enregister

Verb

enregister (third-person singular simple present enregisters, present participle enregistering, simple past and past participle enregistered)

  1. (transitive) To record on a register.
    Synonyms:
    inregister
  2. (transitive) To store in a register of the CPU.
    • Enregistering a value during compilation of a program may improve runtime performance.
  3. (transitive) To become a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").
    • Thus, by systematically labelling Singlish as 'broken English', official discourses enregister Singlish as a low-proficiency version of English and a hindrance to the nation's path toward globalisation.2022 January 13, Tong King Lee, “Spiaking Singlish: The politics of ludic English in Singapore”, in Language in Society, volume 52, number 2, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press...

Questions about enregistering

What is enregistering the present participle and gerund of?
Enregistering is the present participle and gerund of enregister.

Words near enregistering in the dictionary

  1. enregimented
  2. enregimenting
  3. enregiments
  4. enregister
  5. enregistered
  6. enregistering
  7. enregisterment
  8. enregisterments
  9. enregisters
  10. enregistration
  11. enregistrations

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