subscribe
verb
Simple meaning
to sign up for a service, usually by paying money
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
suhbskrybSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
səbskˈɹaɪb
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
transitive
To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
ergative
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.
Pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals
To pay money to be a member of an organization.
To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to].
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
Used this way, subscribe is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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Someone who expresses strong approval.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Receive or obtain regularly.
A telephone connection.
A generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds.
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Synonyms
Sense: to sign
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