Subscribe

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English

Verb

Subscribe (third-person singular simple present Subscribes, present participle subscribing, simple past and past participle subscribed)

  1. 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?
  2. To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.
  3. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.
    I don’t subscribe to that theory.
  4. To pay money to be a member of an organization.
  5. To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
    1913: Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography — […] 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;
  6. (business and finance) To agree to buy shares in a company.
    1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations — 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.
  7. (archaic) To write one’s name at the bottom of a document, to sign.
  8. (obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
  9. (obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.

Derived terms

Adverbs for Subscribe

heartily; sincerely; earnestly; willingly; immediately; annually; cheerfully; voluntarily.

Thesaurus

abet, accede, accept, acquiesce, advocate, agree, agree to, agree with, aid and abet, allow, approve, approve of, assent to, autograph, back up, be a member, be inscribed, belong, brook, carry a card, chip in, come through, comfort, condone, consent, consent to, contribute, contribute to, countenance, donate to, embolden, encourage, endorse, favor, gift, gift with, give to, go for, hearten, hold membership, ink, keep in countenance, kick in, permit, pitch in, pledge, promise, sanction, shine upon, sign up for, signature, smile upon, subscribe to, support, sweeten the kitty, tolerate, underwrite, yes

Etymology

Latin sub- (“under”) + scribere (“to write”)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪb

Translations

To sign up to receive a publication
to pay for the provision of a service
to believe or agree with an idea
To promise to contribute
to agree to buy shares in a company
To write underneath

Latin

Verb

subscrībe

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of subscrībō


Spanish

Verb

Subscribe (infinitive subscribir)

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of subscribir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of subscribir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of subscribir.
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