Dictionaries › English

subscribe

Pronunciation: /səbˈskɹaɪb/

The English word “subscribe” has 14 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
  2. To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
  3. To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.
  4. To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access, a cell phone plan, or a streaming service.
  5. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to].
  6. To pay money to be a member of an organization.
  7. To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
  8. To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.
  9. To agree to buy shares in a company.
  10. To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
  11. To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
  12. To declare over one's signature; to publish.
  13. To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization.
  14. To register for notifications about an event or similar.

Etymology

From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere (“write beneath”). By surface analysis, sub- + scribe. Compare its native English equivalent underwrite.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “subscribe” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.