Enregister

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To record on a register. transitive
  2. 2
    To store in a register of the CPU. transitive

    "Enregistering a value during compilation of a program may improve runtime performance."

  3. 3
    To become a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context"). transitive

    "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."

Example

More examples

"Enregistering a value during compilation of a program may improve runtime performance."

Etymology

From en- + register.

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