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To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/səbˈskɹaɪb/US
  1. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).

  2. To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.

    transitive
    Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.
    Officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
  3. To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

    ergative
    Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?
  4. 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.
  5. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to].

    I don’t subscribe to that theory.
  6. To pay money to be a member of an organization.

  7. To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

    intransitive
  8. To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.

    transitive
    Each man subscribed ten dollars.
  9. To agree to buy shares in a company.

  10. To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

    obsolete
  11. To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.

    obsolete
  12. To declare over one's signature; to publish.

    obsolete · transitive
  13. To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization.

    intransitive
    Please like this video, and subscribe to my YouTube channel.
  14. To register for notifications about an event or similar.

    intransitive
    If you subscribe to the MouseClick event, your application can react to the user clicking the mouse.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere (“write beneath”). By surface analysis, sub- + scribe. Compare its native English equivalent underwrite.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.