enrollment
Americannoun
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the act or process of enrolling.
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the state of being enrolled.
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the number of persons enrolled, as for a course or in a school.
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Origin of enrollment
Explanation
When you sign up for something, like a new school, a medical trial, or a club, that's enrollment. Your enrollment in that art class is dependent on paying your tuition bill first! In voting, enrollment means adding someone's name to the electoral roll after they've registered to vote. And in college, enrollment means the process of matriculating, or formally becoming a student at a university. You can also use this word for the total number of students at a school: "The preschool's enrollment is down this year." Enrollment is from the verb enroll and its Old French source, enroller which means "write in a register."
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Einstein said the school’s aim in expanding application numbers is simply to increase enrollment, not lower its admit rate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
School district enrollment has plummeted, dropping from nearly 18,000 students in 2003-04 to fewer than 6,000 today.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026
There’s no automatic enrollment in the accounts for now.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026
Mehmet Oz, CMS administrator, said the agency would collect data from the program about enrollment, cost and patient outcomes, which could inform a plan for longer-term coverage of the medicines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
From there, the family had arranged to visit Williams College in Massachusetts for Garfield's class reunion and to initiate the enrollment of Hal and Jim in fall classes.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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