subscribe
verb /səbˈskraɪb/
/səbˈskraɪb/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| 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/ |
- [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).
- [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.
- [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.
- [intransitive] subscribe (for something) (finance) to apply to buy shares in a company see also oversubscribed
- [transitive, usually passive] subscribe something to apply to take part in an activity, use a service, etc.
- The tour of Edinburgh is fully subscribed.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘sign at the bottom of a document’): from Latin subscribere, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.