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

enrol

verb
 
/ɪnˈrəʊl/
 
/ɪnˈrəʊl/
(US English enroll)
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they enrol
 
/ɪnˈrəʊl/
 
/ɪnˈrəʊl/
(US English) present simple I / you / we / they enroll
 
/ɪnˈrəʊl/
 
/ɪnˈrəʊl/
he / she / it enrols
 
/ɪnˈrəʊlz/
 
/ɪnˈrəʊlz/
(US English) he / she / it enrolls
 
/ɪnˈrəʊlz/
 
/ɪnˈrəʊlz/
past simple enrolled
 
/ɪnˈrəʊld/
 
/ɪnˈrəʊld/
past participle enrolled
 
/ɪnˈrəʊld/
 
/ɪnˈrəʊld/
-ing form enrolling
 
/ɪnˈrəʊlɪŋ/
 
/ɪnˈrəʊlɪŋ/
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  1. to arrange for yourself or for somebody else to officially join a course, school, etc.
    • You need to enrol before the end of August.
    • (British English) to enrol on a course
    • (North American English) to enroll in a course
    • enrol somebody The centre will soon be ready to enrol candidates for the new programme.
    Topics Educationc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryEnrol/​enroll is used with these nouns as the object:
    • student
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    Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as inroll): from Old French enroller, from en- ‘in’ + rolle ‘a roll’ (names being originally written on a roll of parchment).
See enrol in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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