registry

CEFRB2

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪstɹi/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An official list or record of people or things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A record; an account; a register.

Examples

  • In Germany, people can only get married at the registry office.

  • My wife sent it from the registry office.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹed͡ʒɪstɹi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of registering; registration.

  2. A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.

  3. A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.

More examples

In context

  • The best — and easiest — way to shop for the "perfect" gift is to consult the couple's wedding gift registry, since these are the items they want and need […]

  • To unregister a DLL and remove the corresponding entries from the registry, add the /u switch to the command […]

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Origin

noun

A variant of registery, from Middle English regestery (“?a record book; ?a bookmark”), partly from Medieval Latin regesterium, registerium and probably also partly formed with -ery. Equivalent to register + -y.