subscribe
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.
to give or pay in fulfillment of such a pledge.
to append one's signature or mark to (a document), as in approval or attestation of its contents.
to attest by or as by signing.
to append, as one's signature, at the bottom of a document or the like; sign.
to agree or assent to.
to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay money as a contribution, gift, or investment.
to give or pay money in fulfillment of such a pledge.
to obtain or have a subscription to a publication, concert series, service, etc.: She subscribes to two food magazines.
to give one's consent; sanction: I will not subscribe to popular fallacies.
to sign one's name to a document.
to give approval to the contents of a document by signing one's name.
Origin of subscribe
1Other words from subscribe
- sub·scrib·a·ble, adjective
- sub·scrib·er·ship, noun
- non·sub·scrib·ing, adjective
- pre·sub·scribe, verb, pre·sub·scribed, pre·sub·scrib·ing.
- re·sub·scribe, verb, re·sub·scribed, re·sub·scrib·ing.
- un·sub·scribed, adjective
- un·sub·scrib·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with subscribe
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How to use subscribe in a sentence
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The mind-boggling end of Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise, explained | Constance Grady | November 20, 2020 | VoxBasically, if you’re on a free account and a semi-regular Google Photos user, get ready to pay up next year and subscribe to Google One.
Come June 1, 2021, all of your new photos will count against your free Google storage | Frederic Lardinois | November 11, 2020 | TechCrunchIf you subscribe to Extra Crunch, knock an extra 20% off the price of admission.
Only 72 hours left until early-bird savings end for TC Sessions: Space 2020 | Alexandra Ames | November 11, 2020 | TechCrunchPerhaps the most striking result, though, involved people from both groups who hadn’t subscribed to the idea of a higher power to start with.
After all, Tate’s Chicago-based therapist and the groups he runs subscribe to a zero-confidentiality clause.
Christie Tate’s ‘Group’ is a sometimes salacious look at the secrets of strangers | Bethanne Patrick | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post
To stop subscribing to a Republican newsletter from Charleston.
And if you're not subscribing to Commentary - well, you should that's all.
Commentary's Symposium on the Future of Conservatism | David Frum | January 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNo one will stop subscribing to a Bloomberg terminal purely because the news is available somewhere else.
For one thing, I get a free hand in the matter of subscribing to local bazaars and race-meetings.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamMadame Trouillard filled her reticule with pills and went away, after subscribing to all our sances, public and private.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de KockAll England was soon astir with loyal enthusiasm, and people were everywhere set subscribing for presents to the dear Princess.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. FooteMore than seven hundred of them refused; and in that number there were fifty-seven non-subscribing ministers in Northamptonshire.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire | Thomas ColemanVery soon it appeared that she was subscribing annually, quarterly, weekly, to missionary objects and sectarian funds.
British Dictionary definitions for subscribe
/ (səbˈskraɪb) /
(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
to inscribe or sign (one's name, etc) at the end of a contract, will, or other document
(intr foll by to) to give support or approval: to subscribe to the theory of transubstantiation
Origin of subscribe
1Derived forms of subscribe
- subscriber, noun
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