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- pronunciation:
- s
 b
skraIb
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to pledge, pay, or contribute a sum of money for a specified purpose.
She subscribed in order to use the full services of the website.- similar words:
- contribute, donate, pledge
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| definition 2: |
to contract and pay in advance for a specified number of issues of a publication such as a magazine.
I've subscribed to the same news magazine for several years. |
| definition 3: |
to attest or approve a document by signing it at the bottom.
Her lawyer drafted the document, but her husband refused to subscribe.- synonyms:
- sign
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| definition 4: |
to give approval or express agreement by signing, or as though by signing.
I subscribe fully to the views held by the members of this club.- antonyms:
- disclaim
- similar words:
- agree, assent, concur, hold, underwrite
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| related words: |
acquiesce, agree, approve |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
subscribes, subscribing, subscribed |
| definition 1: |
to pledge, pay, or contribute (a sum of money) for a specified purpose.
- similar words:
- contribute, dedicate, donate, pledge
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| definition 2: |
to sign (one's name) on a document in order to approve or attest it.
- synonyms:
- endorse, sign
- similar words:
- certify, underwrite
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| definition 3: |
to sign (a document), usu. at the bottom.
- synonyms:
- sign, undersign
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| related words: |
approve |
adverb + (v.)subscribe
firmly, fully, generally, officially, overall, personally
(v.)subscribe
+ adverb
annually, online, widely
(v.)subscribe
+ noun
address,
belief,
brief,
cable,
channel,
chronicle,
code,
column,
confession,
conspiracy,
creed,
cult,
database,
definition,
dictum,
doctrine,
e-mail,
edition,
ethos,
feed,
fiction,
fortune,
idea,
ideal,
ideology,
interpretation,
journal,
lastname,
list,
magazine,
mail,
mailing,
myth,
newsgroup,
newsletter,
newspaper,
norm,
notion,
philosophy,
post,
principle,
proposition,
publication,
satellite,
science,
service,
tenet,
theory,
thesis,
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:
subaqueous, subcategory, subclass, subcompact, subconscious, subcontract, subcontractor, subdivide, subdivision, subgroup, subject, subjugate, sublease, submarine, submerge, subordinate, subscribe, subscript, subscription, substandard, subterranean, subtopic, subversive, subway
- synonyms:
- hyp-, hypo-, under-
- antonyms:
- super-, supra-, hyper-
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
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