enregister
verb 3
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1ADJ.
english', official, singlish
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verb
1
To record on a register.
2
To store in a register of the CPU.
Enregistering a value during compilation of a program may improve runtime performance.
3
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.
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Enregistering a value during compilation of a program may improve runtime performance.
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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 globalisatio
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