SUBSCRIBE Definition & Meaning

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[ suhb-skrahyb ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment:
He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
to give or pay in fulfillment of such a pledge.
to append one's signature or mark to (a document), as in approval or attestation of its contents.
to attest by or as by signing.
to append, as one's signature, at the bottom of a document or the like; sign.
to agree or assent to.

to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay money as a contribution, gift, or investment.
to give or pay money in fulfillment of such a pledge.
to obtain or have a subscription to a publication, concert series, service, etc.:
She subscribes to two food magazines.
to give one's consent; sanction:
I will not subscribe to popular fallacies.
to sign one's name to a document.
to give approval to the contents of a document by signing one's name.

/ səbˈskraɪb /

usually foll by to to pay or promise to pay (a sum of money) as a contribution (to a fund or charity, for a magazine, etc), esp at regular intervals
to inscribe or sign (one's name, etc) at the end of a contract, will, or other document
intrfoll byto to give support or approval
to subscribe to the theory of transubstantiation