subscribe
Pronunciation: /səbˈskɹaɪb/
The English word “subscribe” has 14 meanings listed here.
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.
- To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization.
- 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.
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