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enregisters

enregisters is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 enregisters

What is enregisters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Enregisters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enregister.

Words near enregisters in the dictionary

  1. enregister
  2. enregistered
  3. enregistering
  4. enregisterment
  5. enregisterments
  6. enregisters
  7. enregistration
  8. enregistrations
  9. enregistry
  10. enrheum
  11. enrheumed

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