ADJ

detailed
full
up-to-date
annual
central, national, public
statutory
professional
attendance, membership
electoral, voters'
medical
birth, burial, marriage
address
class, school
church, parish
hotel
asset, land, property, share

VERB + REGISTER

appear on, be on
All those appearing on the register must notify the authorities of any change of address
remain on
keep, maintain
They keep a register of all those who have contributed to the fund
call, take
The teacher takes the register at the beginning of each class
inspect
compile, create, draw up, establish
She was asked to draw up a register of suitable sites
add sb/sth to, enter sb/sth in/on, register sb/sth in/on
Their names had been entered in the register as owners of the company
omit sb/sth from
remove sb from, strike sb from/off
He was struck off the medical register for professional misconduct
sign
The bride and bridegroom signed the register

REGISTER + VERB

contain sth, include sth
a register containing details of four million cars

REGISTER + NOUN

office

PREP

in a /the~
It was the last entry in the register
on a/the ~
There are 36 children on the register

PHRASES

an entry in/on a register

ADJ

high, low, middle, upper
the lower register of the piano

PREP

in a/the ~
boy trebles singing in high registers

ADJ

formal, informal
appropriate

VERB + REGISTER

adopt
He has adopted an informal register so as not to alienate his audience

ADV

fully
On completion of the preregistration year, graduates become fully registered by the General Medical Council
jointly
About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered by both parents
formally, officially
legally
duly
As I reached my eighteenth birthday I duly registered for military service
automatically

VERB + REGISTER

be required to, have to, must
You must register the death within three days
be eligible to, be entitled to
fail to
refuse to

PREP

as
the number of people officially registering as unemployed
at
He registered at his local university
for
There is still time to register for English classes
with
Students living away from home are required to register with a local doctor

ADV

barely, hardly, scarcely
She had barely registered his presence
vaguely
He vaguely registered that the women had gone

VERB + REGISTER

fail to
His eyes failed to register Meredith's surprise