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Definition of subscribe verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

subscribe

verb
 
/səbˈskraɪb/
 
/səbˈskraɪb/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they subscribe
 
/səbˈskraɪb/
 
/səbˈskraɪb/
he / she / it subscribes
 
/səbˈskraɪbz/
 
/səbˈskraɪbz/
past simple subscribed
 
/səbˈskraɪbd/
 
/səbˈskraɪbd/
past participle subscribed
 
/səbˈskraɪbd/
 
/səbˈskraɪbd/
-ing form subscribing
 
/səbˈskraɪbɪŋ/
 
/səbˈskraɪbɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive] subscribe (to something) to pay an amount of money regularly in order to receive or use something
    • Which journals does the library subscribe to?
    • We subscribe to several sports channels (= on TV).
  2. [intransitive] subscribe (to something) to arrange to have regular access to an electronic information service or other internet service
    • He subscribed to a newsgroup (= on the internet).
    • To hear the full interview, subscribe to the free National Geographic News podcast.
  3. [intransitive] subscribe (to something) to pay money regularly to be a member of an organization or to support a charity
    • He subscribes regularly to Amnesty International.
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  4. [intransitive] subscribe (for something) (finance) to apply to buy shares in a company see also oversubscribed
  5. [transitive, usually passive] subscribe something to apply to take part in an activity, use a service, etc.
    • The tour of Edinburgh is fully subscribed.
  6. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘sign at the bottom of a document’): from Latin subscribere, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.
See subscribe in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee subscribe in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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