What does registry mean?

Definitions for registry
ˈrɛdʒ ə strireg·ist·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. register, registrynoun

    an official written record of names or events or transactions

Wiktionary

  1. registrynoun

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

  2. registrynoun

    The act of registering; registration

  3. registrynoun

    A database of configurations etc. maintained by the operating system.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Registrynoun

    Etymology: from register.

    A little fee was to be paid for the registry. John Graunt.

    I wonder why a registry has not been kept in the college of physicians of things invented. William Temple.

ChatGPT

  1. registry

    A registry is a centralized database or system that safely stores official records, entries or transactions. It is typically used in a computer's operating system to store configuration information or in an organization to maintain a list or record of items or individuals for reference and control purposes. The content or data in a registry can be accessed, updated, monitored and managed as per requirement.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Registrynoun

    the act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration

  2. Registrynoun

    the place where a register is kept

  3. Registrynoun

    a record; an account; a register

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of registry in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of registry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of registry in a Sentence

  1. Matteo Salvini:

    I am having the Interior Ministry prepare a dossier on the Roma situation in Italy, we will try to understand how we can intervene, doing what years ago was called the census, we can now call it the registry or the situation, a picture -- to understand what we are dealing with.

  2. Aidan Johnston:

    If the Biden administration continues with its planned changes, ATF's registry eventually will include 100% of firearm transactions – sucking up every record since 2001, these plans for a national registry violate federal law, infringe on the Second Amendment, and put law-abiding gun owners on the path to total gun confiscation.

  3. Jennifer Baker:

    The NRA is opposed to any and all forms of a gun registry.

  4. Bobby Elesky:

    There were times when the air quality was so bad that you would just drop to your knees and throw up, we made jokes at the time because we had no idea how serious it was.’ But Elesky says he found out when he returned home in 2005 and was told during a checkup that he had nearly 20 parasites in his body. More than a decade after his return, Elskey has suffered from myriad health issues, including plasmacytoma -- a condition where rare tumors attack soft tissue in the nasal cavity or bone marrow. He is grateful for the treatment he has received from the VA, but said the bureaucracy was difficult to deal with. Elesky said he was initially denied enrollment into the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ Burn Pit Registry -- which was created to research and examine the potential threats from burn pit exposure.

  5. Michael Weiss:

    Trump is trafficking in very dangerous and populist rhetoric: essentially if we build a wall, or keep them out or put them in a national registry, then ISIS will go away.

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Translations for registry

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  • سجلArabic
  • registruCzech
  • Register, Registratur, RegistrierungGerman
  • rekisteri, rekisteröinti, rekisteröityminenFinnish
  • enregistrement, base de registre, registreFrench
  • רישוםHebrew
  • レジストリJapanese
  • регистратура, регистрирование, регистрация, канцелярия, регистр, реестрRussian

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