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[edit]Etymology
[edit]A variant of registery,[1] from Middle English regestery (“?a record book; ?a bookmark”),[2] partly from Medieval Latin regesterium, registerium[2][3] and probably also partly formed with -ery.[3] Equivalent to register + -y.[4]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛdʒɪstɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]registry (countable and uncountable, plural registries)
- (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
- (countable) A record; an account; a register.
- 2002, Bride's Book of Etiquette (Revised), page 276:
- 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 […]
- (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
- 1969, Russell C[harles] Brinker, “Boundary Surveys”, in Elementary Surveying (International Textbooks in Civil Engineering), 5th edition, Scranton, Pa.: International Textbook Company, →ISBN, page 409:
- Regulations may specify the minimum size of lot; the allowable closures for surveys; the types of corner marks to be used; the minimum width of streets, and the procedure for dedicating them; the rules for registry of plats; and other matters.
- (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- 1999, John Papa, C. Caison, Matt Brown, Professional ADO RDS programming with ASP, page 252:
- To unregister a DLL and remove the corresponding entries from the registry, add the
/u
switch to the command […]
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]building
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register
registration
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database
References
[edit]- ^ “registry, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “reǧisterī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “registery, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “registry (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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