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Definition: Registry |
RegistryNoun1. An official written record of names or events or transactions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "registry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A systematic collection of information on persons exposed to a specific substance or having specific diseases [see exposure registry and disease registry]. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Synonym: RegistrySynonym: register (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instantaneity | Almanac, calendar, ephemeris; register, registry; chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram. |
Record | Registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment; tabulation; entry, booking; signature; (identification); recorder; journalism. |
Record, note, minute; register, registry; roll; (list); cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne; entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch; (mark); muniment, deed; (security); document; deposition, proces verbal; affidavit; certificate; (evidence). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Registry |
| English words defined with "registry": A 1. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "registry": abstract index ♦ CAS registry number ♦ Defense Data Network Network Information Center, DIRECTOR, NURSES' REGISTRY, Disease registry ♦ Exposure registry ♦ Health Assessment ♦ INSPECTOR, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, Internet Registry ♦ LAWYER, ADMIRALTY, Lloyds Registry, Lloyds' Registry ♦ Probate of a Will ♦ registrar, nurses' registry, Registry Date ♦ SERVICES CLERK, System Account Manager ♦ TUMOR REGISTRAR. (references) |
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Dr. Gerberding is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Dr. Satcher was formerly Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).Credit: CDC. | |
![]() | Photographed prior to World War I, possibly in the New York City area when first completed. Howard C. Moore was reported to have been commissioned by the Navy on 2 April 1918 under a charter agreement, with the registry number SP-2872. She was inspected by the Third Naval District on 29 May 1918 and was subsequently listed as "not taken over". She probably performed no actual Navy service.Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Photographed circa 1916-1917. This boat was given the Navy registry number SP-16 in 1917, but was not taken over for Naval service. She has been confused in some sources with another motor boat of the same name, which became USS Mystery (SP-428).Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Photographed prior to her World War I naval service. Formerly named West Point, this seagoing iron coal barge was originally built as a merchant sailing vessel. She was commissioned by the Navy as USS Nahunta on 8 August 1917. Stricken on 13 June 1919, she was sold on 2 October 1919. Nahunta had no Navy registry number.Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Photographed in port, prior to World War I. This schooner was delivered to the Navy on 19 June 1917 under the registry number SP-44. However she was not taken into service and was returned to her owner on 17 December 1917.Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Photographed in a harbor, prior to World War I. This tug was ordered to be taken over by the Navy in February 1918, under the registry number SP-1242. However, the action was not carried out and she saw no Naval service.Credit: NAVY. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The High Contracting Parties agree to recognise the flag flown by the vessels of an Allied or Associated Power having no seacoast which are registered at some one specified place situated in its territory; such place shall serve as the port of registry of such vessels. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The data should be maintained in a central registry, with respect for confidentiality. (references) | |
Researchers then matched the ASD patients with an independent registry of vaccinations. (references) | ||
Early indications from the Registry show that CGD may be four times more common than previously thought. (references) | ||
Business | The quota and registry lists provide approved sources for domestic products and suppliers. (references) | |
The sanitary registry will expire after five years from the day of issuance, being renewable on request of the interested party. (references) | ||
These companies must have a special permit for guns, which is given by the national arms registry RENAR (Registro Nacional de Armas). (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Croatia | Catholic marriages are recognized by the State, eliminating the need to register them in the civil registry office. (references) |
Greece | Under a 1999 national land and property registry law, the wakfs, as with all property holders, must register all of their property with the Government. (references) | |
Estonia | Both the Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, and the Estonian Council of Churches expressed concern that such wording could prevent the registry of churches and congregations that traditionally were active in the country. (references) | |
Economic History | Guinea | Registry of a business is relatively straight-forward. (references) |
Spain | Applications must be presented at the Central Mercantile Registry. (references) | |
Romania | The Romanian Trade Registry is responsible for company registration. (references) | |
Human Rights | Argentina | Although they do not result directly in criminal convictions, these truth trials serve to correct official records, such as the Civil Registry, and are bringing out additional information about dirty war abuses. (references) |
Guatemala | According to a registry maintained by the prison system, during the year, there were a total of 8,608 prisoners throughout the country; 7,303 had been accused of committing common crimes, and of those, 3,014 had been sentenced, leaving 4,289 awaiting trial. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | In 1999 and 2000, this situation improved somewhat as a result of the steps taken by the former Santo Domingo District Attorney and the judiciary, in cooperation with the Director of Prisons, to introduce a prisoner registry system that focuses on providing timely trials for prisoners. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Honduras | Expanded coverage of the national cadastral registry, property titling, and government land registries is reducing this vulnerability. (references) |
Minorities | Dominican Republic | As a result, they cannot declare their children's births at the civil registry and thereby establish Dominican citizenship for their offspring. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Some civil registry offices do not accept late declarations of birth for children of Haitian immigrants, although they routinely accept late declarations for children of Dominican parents. (references) | |
Political Economy | NICARAGUA | Implementation of the WTO standards is reportedly awaiting the publication of applicable regulations in the national registry. (references) |
EL SALVADOR | With international funding, the government is completing a comprehensive reorganization of its antiquated National Registry Office. (references) | |
Marshall Islands | Coconut oil and copra exports, a small amount of tourism, import and income taxes, an open ship registry, a tuna preparation plant (locally referred to as tuna loining), ship chandelling, and fishing licensing fees generate limited revenues. (references) | |
Political Rights | Panama | Three women hold cabinet positions, and a woman is the director of the Public Registry. (references) |
Peru | The Constitution establishes three bodies to administer elections: The National Board of Elections (JNE); the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE); and the National Registry of Identification and Civil Affairs (RENIEC). (references) | |
Trade | El Salvador | B. Application for export registry (Solicitud de Registro de Exportacion). (references) |
Women | Singapore | Those laws allow Muslim men to practice polygyny, although requests to take additional spouses may be refused by the Registry of Muslim Marriages, which solicits the views of an existing spouse or spouses and reviews financial capability. (references) |
Worker Rights | Russia | The union subsequently was removed from the trade union registry. (references) |
Ecuador | They involved public sector employees such as medical, prison, and registry workers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Registry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.65% of the time. "Registry" is used about 299 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.65% | 283 | 17,340 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.68% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (common) | 0.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 299 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "registry": internet Registry ♦ land registry ♦ port of registry ♦ registry court ♦ registry fee ♦ registry marriage ♦ registry office ♦ state of registry. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "registry": registry-office. | |
Ending with "registry": death-registry. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "registry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | regjistrimi (recording), regjistrim (check in, enrollment, enrolment, memory, record, recording, register, registration), zyrë regjistrimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ميناء التسجيل, مكتب تسجيل, مكتب التسجيل, سجل (book, calender, cut, enroll, enter, history, list, log, mark, mark down, note, put down, rap, record, register, score, send in, set down, sign on, take notes, tally, transcribe, write down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | регистратура, отдел за гражданското състояние (registry office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 登记 (enrolment, registered, Registering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | registratura (file-cabinet, filing cabinet), zápis do seznamu, spisovna, seznam (calendar, entry, inventory, list, register, roster, rota, schedule), protokol (minute, minutes, protocol, record, state, transcript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | register (director, index, register, sender, stop), justitskontor, Generalsekretariatets kontor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | register (account book, index, index of a publication, indice, record, register, sender, stop), nationaliteit van schepen (nationality), griffie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فهرست (Catalog, Catalogue, Concordance, Legend, Phraseology, Repertory, Roll, Roster, Schedule, Table), محضر, دفترثبت اسناد, دفتر (Book, Bureau, Cahier, Tome, Volume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | väestörekisterikeskus (marriages and deaths, municipal registry of births), siviilisäätyä koskevien tietojen poistaminen väestörekisteristä (destroying documentary evidence of civil status at the registry of births, marriages and deaths), mennä siviiliavioliittoon (be married at a registry office), lainhuuto-ja kiinnitysrekisteri (Department of the Registers of Scotland, H.M.Land Registry, Registrar General). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | registre (record, register, regulator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Register (index, rank, register, registers, registries, roll, sender, stop, volume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύσταση (commendation, composition, constitution, decision, institution, introduction, recommendation, recoooendation, reference, registration, texture), γραμματεία (clerkship, secretariat, secretary's office, secretaryship), νηολόγηση (registration), μεταγραφή (conveyance, transcription, transference, transliteration), πρωτόκολλο (etiquette, minutes, protocol, record, report), εγγραφή (booking, enrollment, enrolment, entry, notation, record, recording, registration, subscription, writing), αρχείο (archive, file, register, virtual file), αναγραφή (inscription, record, recording, writing), "ραμματεία- ρωτόκολλο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משר" רשום, מרשמ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bejegyzés (booking, entry, incorporation, registration), beiktatás (admittance, inauguration, incorporation, induction, installation, intercalation, recording, registration), anyakönyvi hivatal (ministry, register office, registry office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pendaftaran (process of registration, registration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | registro (Diapason, journal, list, log, log book, logbook, register, roll, roster, sale, schedule, stop, system log), segreteria (secretariat, secretariate, secretary), cancelleria (chancellery, Chancery), archivo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 記帳 (book-keeping, entry, signature), 登記 (registration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きちょう (basis, book-keeping, coming back to ones country, entry, keynote, pilot, precious, returning from abroad, screen, signature, valuable), とうき (abandonment, ceramics, current term, fighting spirit, giving up, party discipline, party rules or regulations, pottery, registration, rise, speculation, this plane, throwing away, winter, winter term, wintertime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기입. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | recortys (chronicle, record, recording, register, registration slip, testimony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egistryray registro (account book, adjustment fire, book, cartulary, enrollment, enrolment, entry, filing, gate, inventory, ledger, list, meter, record, recording, register, registration, regulator, roster, stocktaking, tally), registo (damper, entry in the register, record, recording, register, registration, registration of document, stop), secretaria (secretariat, secretary), matrícula (adjustment fire, cartulary, enrolment, ensanguined, matriculation, registration), inscrição (adjustment fire, affiliation, cartulary, enrollment, enrolment, entry, inscription, lettering, matrimonial, record, registration, scripture, superscription, writing). (various references) registru (book, compass, Diapason, list, range, record, Reed, register, roll), registraturã (registrar's office), oficiu de stare civilã, condicã (register), înregistrare (recording, registering, registration). (various references) учетный, реестр (cartulary, catalogue, roll), журнал записей (cartulary, register office). (various references) registratura (register office, registry office), zavođenje (seduction), beležništvo. (various references) registro (account book, book, bookmark, bookmarker, county, exam, inspection, journal, line-up, log, log book, manhole, marker, organ stop, record, recording, register, registration, ribbon-marker, search, searching, stop, system log, volume). (various references) register (account book, calendar, cartulary, column balance, director, enrollment, enrolment, equal columns, file, index, index of a publication, range, record, register, register office, repertory, roll, schedule, sender, table). (various references) tescil (patent, registration), sicil dairesi (registry office), sicil (calendar, enrollment, enrolment, record, register), kayıt (checkin, condition, enrollment, enrolment, entry, inscription, minutes, record, recording, registration, restriction, stipulation, transcription), kütük (billet, block, calendar, chump, clog, enrollment, enrolment, ingot, log, logbook, record, register, stock, stump, wood block), evlendirme dairesi, defter (book, notebook, register). (various references) registratura (r). (various references) ре"стрування, ре"стратура. (various references) sổ đăng ký, nơi đăng ký, co quan đăng ký sự đăng ký. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Registry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: regist, registery, registra, registray, registre, regsitry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "registry" (pronounced re"justrē) |
| 5 | -u s t r ē | artistry, baptistery, biochemistry, chemistry, dentistry, forestry, geochemistry, industry, ministry, palmistry, tapestry. |
| 4 | -s t r ē | ancestry, Maestri, pastry. |
| 3 | -t r ē | asymmetry, banditry, basketry, bigotry, cabinetry, carpentry, circuitry, complementary, country, dissymmetry, elementary, entry, gadgetry, gallantry, gantry, gentry, geometry, helotry, idolatry, infantry, mitre, optometry, pageantry, paltry, pantry, peasantry, pedantry, pleasantry, poetry, poultry, psychiatry, punditry, puppetry, reentry, rocketry, sentry, spectrometry, sultry, summitry, symmetry, telemetry, toiletry, wintry, zealotry. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-r-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: rerigs, tigers, triers. | |
-3 letters: eyrir, girts, greys, grist, grits, gyres, rerig, retry, riser, rites, serry, terry, tiers, tiger, tires, treys, trier, tries, trigs, tyers, tyres, yetis, yirrs. | |
-4 letters: egis, ergs, errs, erst, gest, gets, gies, girt, gist, gits, grey, grit, gyre, gyri, ires, regs, reis, rest, rets, rigs, rise, rite, ryes, sire, site. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-r-r-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: roystering. | |
+3 letters: arrestingly. | |
+4 letters: pyrargyrites, regressivity, supergravity. | |
+5 letters: martyrologies, progressivity, triglycerides. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 67 69 73 74 72 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . --. .. ... - .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100111 01101001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e g i s t r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0067 0069 0073 0074 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271737585868491 |
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