subscribe

[suhb-skrahyb]

verb (used with object)

subscribed, subscribing 

1. to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment.

   He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.

2. to give or pay in fulfillment of such a pledge.

3. to append one's signature or mark to (a document), as in approval or attestation of its contents.

4. to attest by or as by signing.

5. to append, as one's signature, at the bottom of a document or the like; sign.

6. to agree or assent to.

verb (used without object)

subscribed, subscribing 

1. to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay money as a contribution, gift, or investment.

2. to give or pay money in fulfillment of such a pledge.

3. to obtain or have a subscription to a publication, concert series, service, etc..

   She subscribes to two food magazines.

4. to give one's consent; sanction.

   I will not subscribe to popular fallacies.

5. to sign one's name to a document.

6. to give approval to the contents of a document by signing one's name.

subscribe

/ səbˈskraɪb /

verb

1. (usually foll by to) to pay or promise to pay (a sum of money) as a contribution (to a fund or charity, for a magazine, etc), esp at regular intervals

2. to inscribe or sign (one's name, etc) at the end of a contract, will, or other document

3. to give support or approval

   to subscribe to the theory of transubstantiation

Other Word Forms

• subscribable adjective
• subscribership noun
• nonsubscribing adjective
• presubscribe verb
• resubscribe verb
• unsubscribed adjective
• unsubscribing adjective
• subscriber noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of subscribe¹

1375–1425; late Middle English subscriben < Latin subscrībere, equivalent to sub- sub- + scrībere to write

Word History and Origins

Origin of subscribe¹

C15: from Latin subscrībere to write underneath, from _sub- + scrībere to write

Example Sentences

Follow him on X External link and subscribe to his At Barron’s podcast External link.

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"As a result, users in the UK will be able to subscribe at a price point close to half that of EU users," they added.

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Hundreds of millions of people around the world subscribe to the service, which costs $139 a year in the US, or $14.99 a month, and £95 a year in the UK.

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Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle accusations that the e-commerce giant tricked millions of customers into subscribing to Prime and made it tough for them to cancel.

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During a round of interviews Sunday morning, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox claimed that Robinson subscribed to a “leftist ideology” and became radicalized after he dropped out of Utah State University in 2021.

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Related Words

• ante up 
• sign up