Definition of SUBSCRIBE

subscribe

Verb

  • offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
    • "The broker subscribed 500 shares"
  • mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
  • adopt as a belief
    • "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
  • pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals
  • receive or obtain regularly
  • To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.
  • To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access, a cell phone plan, or a streaming service.
  • To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to].
  • To pay money to be a member of an organization.
  • To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
  • To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.
  • To agree to buy shares in a company.
  • To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
  • To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
  • To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
  • To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
  • To declare over one's signature; to publish.
  • To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization.
  • To register for notifications about an event or similar.

Examples

  • Each man subscribed ten dollars.
  • I don’t subscribe to that theory.
  • I subscribed to this streaming service years ago.
  • If you subscribe to the MouseClick event, your application can react to the user clicking the mouse.
  • Officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
  • Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.
  • Please like this video, and subscribe to my YouTube channel.
  • Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere. Compare its native English equivalent underwrite.

Synonyms

pledge, sign, subscribe to, support, take, sign up, underwrite

Scrabble Score: 15

subscribe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
subscribe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
subscribe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

subscribe: valid Words With Friends Word