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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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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