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English Explanatory Dictionary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
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.
To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.
To agree to buy shares in a company.
To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
To declare over one's signature; to publish.

Pronunciation

/səbˈskɹaɪb/ en-us-subscribe.ogg

Word forms

subscribe subscribes subscribing subscribed

Etymology

From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere (“write beneath”). Compare its native English equivalent underwrite.

Synonyms

Related words

subscript subscription subscriptive subscriptively

Derived words

nonsubscriber nonsubscribing oversubscribe oversubscriber resubscribe subscribable subscriber subscribership undersubscribe undersubscribed unsubscribe unsubscriber

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