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Plural of register

regular plural

The plural of register is registers.

Forms of register

Singularregister /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/
Pluralregisters
Countablecountable

Registers in a sentence

  • The east wall is decorated in raised relief with two registers of scenes above a dado showing a northward fecundity figure procession.1989, Eleni Vassilika, Ptolemaic Philae, page 76
  • The reverse side is divided into three registers.2005, Abeer El-Shahawy, The Egyptian Museum in Cairo: A Walk Through the Alleys of Ancient Egypt, page 23
  • If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude.2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian. From the entry slapdash
  • The geologic record registers a number of other things happening around the time of this superwave passage.2006, Paul A. LaViolette, Decoding the Message of the Pulsars: Intelligent Communication from the Galaxy, page 98. From the entry superwave
  • Even modified it so that it would work with the differently ordered registers of an Electron.1999, Lionel Smith, “Reading old DOS discs on a BBC”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet). From the entry elk

Meaning of register

  1. noun A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
  2. noun A book of such entries.
  3. noun An entry in such a book.

Full definition of register

Questions about the plural of register

What is the plural of register?
The plural of register is registers.
Is register countable?
Register is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: register (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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