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- pronunciation:
- s
 b
skraIb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
subscribes, subscribing, subscribed |
| definition: |
to agree to pay for a certain number of issues of a publication such as a magazine.
She subscribes to three sports magazines. |
| related words: |
agree, approve |
adverb + (v.)subscribe
fully, generally, officially, overall, personally
(v.)subscribe
+ adverb
annually, online, widely
(v.)subscribe
+ noun
address,
belief,
brief,
cable,
channel,
code,
column,
confession,
conspiracy,
creed,
database,
definition,
doctrine,
e-mail,
edition,
feed,
fiction,
fortune,
idea,
ideal,
interpretation,
journal,
list,
magazine,
mail,
mailing,
myth,
newsgroup,
newspaper,
notion,
philosophy,
post,
principle,
proposition,
publication,
satellite,
science,
service,
theory,
treaty,
version,
view,
wireless,
wisdom
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| derivation: |
subscriber (n.) |
The word subscribe
contains the following parts:
sub-
Latin
prefix
that means under, after
  More about this word part:
The prefix sub-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as subjugate. It is also used in the formation of English words such as subway
and subgroup. It has multiple forms, as the 'b' sound in sub-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms suc-, suf-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, and su-.
Example words:
- synonyms:
- hyp-, hypo-, under-
- antonyms:
- super-, supra-, hyper-
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
Example words:
describe, description, descriptive, inscribe, manuscript, postscript, prescribe, prescription, scribble, scribe1, script, Scripture, subscribe, subscription
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