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- /səbˈskɹaɪb/ US
Rhymes with -aɪb
Where it comes from
From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere (“write beneath”). By surface analysis, sub- + scribe. Compare its native English equivalent underwrite.
verb subscribes · subscribing · subscribed
- To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). [They] subscribed their names under them.
- To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation. Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.
- To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time. Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?
- To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access, a cell phone plan, or a streaming service. I subscribed to this streaming service years ago.
- To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to]. I don’t subscribe to that theory.
- To pay money to be a member of an organization.
- To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund. […] under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;
- To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount. Each man subscribed ten dollars.
- To agree to buy shares in a company. The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent only was paid up.
- To sign away; to yield; to surrender. Admit no other way to save his life , (As I subscribe not that, nor any other, But in the loss of question) […]
- To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
- To declare over one's signature; to publish. I will subscribe him a coward.
- To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization. Please like this video, and subscribe to my YouTube channel.
- To register for notifications about an event or similar. If you subscribe to the MouseClick event, your application can react to the user clicking the mouse.
Similar: sign up, underwrite
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sign, take, support, stand, subscribe to, subscription, sign-up, signatory, registration, register, listing, enroll, recordation, publish, customer, inclusion
verb
Similar: sign up, underwrite
Translations
Every language
verb to sign as token of consent or attestation
| 中文 | 簽署 /签署 qiānshǔ |
|---|---|
| Română | subscrie |
| Русский | подпи́сывать podpísyvatʹ, подписа́ть podpisátʹ |
verb to sign up to receive a publication
| Español | suscribirse, subscribirse |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 구독하다 gudokhada |
| 日本語 | 購読する kōdoku suru |
| 中文 | 訂閱 /订阅 dìngyuè, 訂購 /订购 dìnggòu |
| Português | assinar |
| Français | abonner, s'abonner, souscrire |
| Deutsch | abonnieren |
| Italiano | abbonarsi |
| Română | abona |
| Русский | подпи́сываться podpísyvatʹsja, подписа́ться podpisátʹsja, выпи́сывать vypísyvatʹ, вы́писать výpisatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đăng kí |
| العربية | اِشْتَرَكَ ištaraka |
| עברית | נִמְנָה nimná |
verb to pay for the provision of a service
| Español | abonar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 訂閱 /订阅 dìngyuè |
| Português | assinar |
| Tiếng Việt | đăng kí, thuê bao |
verb to believe or agree with an idea
| Español | suscribir, subscribir |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 同意 tóngyì |
| Português | aderir apoiar concordar |
verb to pay money to be a member of an organization
| Tiếng Việt | đăng kí |
|---|
verb to contribute or promise to contribute
| 中文 | 認購 /认购 rèngòu, 認捐 /认捐 rènjuān |
|---|---|
| Română | subscrie |
| Русский | запи́сываться zapísyvatʹsja, записа́ться zapisátʹsja |
verb to agree to buy shares in a company
| 中文 | 認購 /认购 rèngòu |
|---|
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