Topic: CITIZENSHIP
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register2 W3
1 to put someone's or something's name on an official list : 
The tanker is registered in Rotterdam.
on a list
[intransitive and transitive]PGC
The tanker is registered in Rotterdam. register with You must bring your insurance card with you when you register with a dentist or doctor.
You must bring your insurance card with you when you register with a dentist or doctor. be registered (as) unemployed/disabled etc British English (=be on an official list of a particular group)
2 to officially state your opinion about something so that everyone knows what you think or feel :
state your opinion
[transitive] formal3 if something registers, or if you register it, you realize or notice it, and then remember it : She had told me her name before, but I guess it didn't register. I'd been standing there for several minutes before he registered my presence.
realize
[intransitive usually in negatives, transitive]She had told me her name before, but I guess it didn't register.I'd been standing there for several minutes before he registered my presence.4 if an instrument registers an amount or if something registers on it, the instrument shows that amount : The thermometer registered 98.6°. The earthquake registered 7.2 on the Richter scale.
measurement
[intransitive and transitive]TMThe thermometer registered 98.6°.The earthquake registered 7.2 on the Richter scale.5 to show or express a feeling : Her face registered shock and anger.
show a feeling
[transitive] formalHer face registered shock and anger.6mail
[transitive] British EnglishTCM to send a package, letter etc by registered post : Did you register the parcel?
Did you register the parcel?