enregister
verbEtymology From en- + register.
1
To record on a register.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences To store in a register of the CPU.
- Enregistering a value during compilation of a program may improve runtime performance.
3
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Social science, Sociology To become a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").
- Thus, by systematically labelling Singlish as 'broken English', official discourses enregister Singlish as a low-proficiency version of English and a hindrance to the nation's path toward globalisation.2022 January 13, Tong King Lee, “Spiaking Singlish: The politics of ludic English in Singapore”, in Language in Society, volume 52, number 2, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 249:
- Derived terms
- enregistered, enregisterment