subscribe
Meaning
- (ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.
- To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access, a cell phone plan, or a streaming service.
- To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to].
- To pay money to be a member of an organization.
- (intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
- (transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.
- To agree to buy shares in a company.
- (transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
- To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
- (obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
- (obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
- (obsolete, transitive) To declare over one's signature; to publish.
- (intransitive) To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization.
- (intransitive) To register for notifications about an event or similar.
Synonyms
subscribe to
take out a booking
reserve a seat
paid in
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səbˈskɹaɪb/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere. Compare its native English equivalent underwrite.
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