enlist: He enlisted as a private in the Mexican War.
sign up: He signed up as a steward with P&O Lines.
enroclass="underline" She enrolled on a local Women Into Management course.
reg|is|tered /re dʒ I stə r d/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A registered letter or parcel is sent by a special postal service, for which you pay extra money for insurance in case it gets lost. □ He asked his mother to send it by registered mail.
re g|is|tered nu rse (registered nurses ) N‑COUNT A registered nurse is someone who is qualified to work as a nurse. [AM , AUSTRALIAN ]
re g|is|ter of|fice (register offices ) N‑COUNT A register office is a place where births, marriages, and deaths are officially recorded, and where people can get married without a religious ceremony. [BRIT ]
reg|is|trar /re dʒ I strɑː r , [AM ] -strɑːr/ (registrars )
1 N‑COUNT In Britain, a registrar is a person whose job is to keep official records, especially of births, marriages, and deaths.
2 N‑COUNT A registrar is a senior administrative official in a British college or university.
reg|is|tra|tion /re dʒ I stre I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT The registration of something such as a person's name or the details of an event is the recording of it in an official list. □ [+ of ] They have campaigned strongly for compulsory registration of dogs.
re g|is|tra |tion num|ber (registration numbers ) N‑COUNT The registration number or the registration of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it. [BRIT ] □ Another driver managed to get the registration number of the car. in AM, use license number
reg|is|try /re dʒ I stri/ (registries ) N‑COUNT A registry is a collection of all the official records relating to something, or the place where they are kept. □ [+ of ] It agreed to set up a central registry of arms sales.
re g|is|try of|fice (registry offices ) N‑COUNT A registry office is the same as a register office . [mainly BRIT ]
re|gress /r I gre s/ (regresses , regressing , regressed ) VERB When people or things regress , they return to an earlier and less advanced stage of development. [FORMAL ] □ [V + to/into ] …if your child regresses to babyish behaviour. □ [V ] Such countries are not 'developing' at all, but regressing. ● re|gres|sion /r I gre ʃ ə n/ (regressions ) N‑VAR □ This can cause regression in a pupil's learning process.
re|gres|sive /r I gre s I v/ ADJ Regressive behaviour, activities, or processes involve a return to an earlier and less advanced stage of development. [FORMAL ] □ This regressive behaviour is more common in boys.
re|gret ◆◇◇ /r I gre t/ (regrets , regretting , regretted )
1 VERB If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it. □ [V n] I simply gave in to him, and I've regretted it ever since. □ [V that] Ellis seemed to be regretting that he had asked the question. □ [V v-ing] Five years later she regrets having given up her home.
2 N‑VAR Regret is a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is caused by something that has happened or something that you have done or not done. □ [+ about ] Lillee said he had no regrets about retiring.
3 VERB You can say that you regret something as a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it. You use expressions such as I regret to say or I regret to inform you to show that you are sorry about something. [POLITENESS ] □ [V n] 'I very much regret the injuries he sustained,' he said. □ [V that] I regret that the United States has added its voice to such protests. □ [V to-inf] Her lack of co-operation is nothing new, I regret to say.
4 N‑UNCOUNT If someone expresses regret about something, they say that they are sorry about it. [FORMAL ] □ He expressed great regret and said that surgeons would attempt to reverse the operation. □ She has accepted his resignation with regret.
re|gret|ful /r I gre tfʊl/ ADJ [ADJ that] If you are regretful , you show that you regret something. □ Mr Griffin gave a regretful smile. [Also + about ] ● re|gret|ful|ly ADV □ He shook his head regretfully.
re|gret|table /r I gre təb ə l/ ADJ You describe something as regrettable when you think that it is bad and that it should not happen or have happened. [FORMAL , FEELINGS ] □ …an investigation into what the army described as a regrettable incident. ● re|gret|tably ADV [ADV adj] □ Regrettably we could find no sign of the man and the search was terminated.
re|group /riː gruː p/ (regroups , regrouping , regrouped ) VERB When people, especially soldiers, regroup , or when someone regroups them, they form an organized group again, in order to continue fighting. □ [V ] Now the rebel army has regrouped and reorganised. □ [V n] The rebels may simply be using the truce to regroup their forces.
regu|lar ◆◆◇ /re gjʊlə r / (regulars )
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Regular events have equal amounts of time between them, so that they happen, for example, at the same time each day or each week. □ Take regular exercise. □ We're going to be meeting there on a regular basis. □ The cartridge must be replaced at regular intervals. ● regu|lar|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ He also writes regularly for 'International Management' magazine. ● regu|lar|ity /re gjʊlæ r I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] The system will provide details of loans, their size, regularity of payment and their status.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Regular events happen often. □ This condition usually clears up with regular shampooing. ● regu|lar|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ Fox, badger, weasel and stoat are regularly seen here. ● regu|lar|ity N‑UNCOUNT □ Closures and job losses are again being announced with monotonous regularity.