Definitions for Subscribe
səbˈskraɪbsub·scribe

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. subscribeverb

   offer to buy, as of stocks and shares

   "The broker subscribed 500 shares"

2. sign, subscribeverb

   mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)

   "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"

3. subscribe, supportverb

   adopt as a belief

   "I subscribe to your view on abortion"

4. pledge, subscribeverb

   pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals

   "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station"

5. subscribe, subscribe to, takeverb

   receive or obtain regularly

   "We take the Times every day"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. subscribeverb

   To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

   Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?

2. subscribeverb

   To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.

3. subscribeverb

   To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.

   I don't subscribe to that theory.

4. subscribeverb

   To pay money to be a member of an organization.

5. subscribeverb

   To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

   1913: Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;

6. subscribeverb

   To agree to buy shares in a company.

   1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent only was paid up.

7. subscribeverb

   To write one's name at the bottom of a document, to sign.

8. subscribeverb

   To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

9. subscribeverb

   To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.

10. Etymology: sub- + scribere

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SUBSCRIBEverb

   Etymology: souscrire, Fr. subscribo, Latin.

   1. To give consent to, by underwriting the name.

   They united by subscribing a covenant, which they pretended to be no other than had been subscribed in the reign of King James, and that his Majesty himself had subscribed it; by which imposition people of all degrees engaged themselves in it. Edward Hyde.

   The reader sees the names of those persons by whom this letter is subscribed. Addison.

   2. To attest by writing the name.

   Their particular testimony ought to be better credited, than some other subscribed with an hundred hands. John Whitgift.

   3. To contract; to limit. Not used.

   The king gone to night! subscrib’d his pow’r!
   Confin’d to exhibition! all is gone. William Shakespeare.

2. To Subscribeverb

   1. To give consent.

   Osius, with whose hand the Nicene creed was set down, and framed for the whole Christian world to subscribe unto, so far yielded in the end, as even with the same hand to ratify the Arrians confession. Richard Hooker.

   Advise thee what is to be done,
   And we will all subscribe to thy advice. William Shakespeare.

   If wolves had at thy gate howl’d that stern time,
   Thou should’st have said, go porter, turn the key,
   All cruels else subscrib’d. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   So spake much humbled Eve; but fate
   Subscrib’d not: nature first gave signs, impress’d
   On bird, beast, air. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   2. To promise a stipulated sum for the promotion of any undertaking.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Subscribe

   The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century, and is now used by many businesses, websites and even pharmaceutical companies in partnership with the government.

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1. subscribe

   To subscribe means to agree to receive or pay for a service, product, or publication on a regular basis. This typically involves making an advance payment or providing contact information in order to regularly receive something such as a newspaper, magazine, online content, software updates, or other services. The term also applies to expressing support or endorsement for a particular idea or belief.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Subscribeverb

   to write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document

2. Subscribeverb

   to sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond

3. Subscribeverb

   to attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records

4. Subscribeverb

   to promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars

5. Subscribeverb

   to sign away; to yield; to surrender

6. Subscribeverb

   to declare over one's signature; to publish

7. Subscribeverb

   to sign one's name to a letter or other document

8. Subscribeverb

   to give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree

9. Subscribeverb

   to become surely; -- with for

10. Subscribeverb

    to yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong

11. Subscribeverb

    to set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum

12. Subscribeverb

    to enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc

13. Etymology: [L. subscribere, subscriptum; sub under + scribere to write: cf. F. souscrire. See Scribe.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Subscribe

   sub-skrīb′, v.t. to write underneath: to give consent to something written, or to attest, by writing one's name underneath: to sign one's name: to promise to give or pay, or to take, as a copy of a book, by attaching one's name: to attest by attaching one's signature.—v.i. to promise a certain sum by setting one's name to a paper: to enter one's name for anything.—adj. Subscrīb′able, capable of being subscribed.—n. Subscrīb′er.—adj. Sub′script, written underneath.—n. Subscrip′tion, act of subscribing: a name subscribed: a paper with signatures: consent by signature: sum subscribed. [L. subscribĕre—sub, under, scribĕre, scriptum, to write.]

Matched Categories

1. • Agree
   • Donate
   • Investment
   • Offer
   • Write

How to pronounce Subscribe?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say Subscribe in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Subscribe in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Subscribe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Subscribe in a Sentence

1. Joost Hitermann:

   Iraqis want to get rid of both. Some might like one more than they other, and they don't want just one of the two alone there, to dominate their country, shia Iraqis may be loosely aligned with Iran, but they don't subscribe to the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Iranian way is not all what Shia Iraqis want.

2. Sarah Penna:

   Their consumption habits are very much the scrolling and the community aspect, the subscribe functionality, the commenting and the user interface of YouTube is a little more difficult than Facebook.

3. Keith Sambur:

   There are questions as to how that’s going to be applied, how it could potentially be enforced, how parties will subscribe value to that allocation.

4. Chief Financial Officer John Stephens:

   We expect the millions of people who don't now subscribe to a video service and prefer a streaming option will be impressed.

5. Chetan Dube:

   There are schools of thought and singularity that say, ‘This is going too far. Super-intelligence will start to dominate human intelligence in the next decade.’ I do not subscribe to that, there are also digital optimists who argue [AI] could cure poverty, hunger and everything else. There is one thing both of these two antipodal groups agree on: This is going to be the biggest tectonic transformation that the planet has ever seen. Whether it’s going to lead to the ultimate destruction of mankind or complete eradication of all diseases and poverty is up for debate. But the fact is this is going to have an impact bigger than any other impact that man has seen before. That’s not up for question.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Subscribe
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Subscribe
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Subscribe
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscribe
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Subscribe
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Subscribe