enroll

American  

[en-rohl] / ɛnˈroʊl /

especially British, enrol

verb (used with object)

enrolled, enrolling

1. to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register.

   It took two days to enroll the new students.

2. to enlist (oneself ).

3. to put in a record; record.

   to enroll the minutes of a meeting; to enroll the great events of history.

4. to roll or wrap up.

   fruit enrolled in tissue paper.

5. Nautical. to document (a U.S. vessel) by issuing a certificate of enrollment.

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verb (used without object)

enrolled, enrolling

1. to enroll oneself.

   He enrolled in college last week.

Other Word Forms

• enroller noun
• preenroll verb
• reenroll verb

Etymology

Origin of enroll

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English enrollen, from Old French enroller. See en- ¹, roll

Example Sentences

Also, more Latino, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Asian American and white first-year undergraduates enrolled than in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times

Rakuten Medical, which has about 130 employees, is conducting a global Phase 3 human trial of its therapy for head and neck cancer, aiming to enroll about 400 patients by the end of 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal

Physicians have long questioned the study’s design, particularly in regards to the age of the women enrolled in the trial.

From MarketWatch

With no up-front costs for attempting to enroll, phonies threw thousands of identities at the system’s 116 schools, which were technologically unprepared for the assaults.

From Los Angeles Times

Once I learned I could be in a program singing and dancing with other kids, she enrolled me in the Children’s Musical Theater of San Jose.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• accept
• admit
• employ
• engage
• enlist
• enter
• join
• obtain
• recruit
• register