Meaning

14 senses
  1. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).

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

  2. (transitive)To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.

    Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.

    Officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.

    подпи́сыватьpodpísyvatʹ, подписа́тьpodpisátʹ

  3. (ergative)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?

    abonnieren

    подпи́сыватьсяpodpísyvatʹsja, подписа́тьсяpodpisátʹsja, выпи́сыватьvypísyvatʹ

    передпла́чуватиperedpláčuvaty, передплати́тиperedplatýty, підпи́суватисяpidpýsuvatysja

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

    I subscribed to this streaming service years ago.

  5. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to].

    I don’t subscribe to that theory.

  6. To pay money to be a member of an organization.

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

  7. (intransitive)To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

    запи́сыватьсяzapísyvatʹsja, записа́тьсяzapisátʹsja

  8. (transitive)To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.

    Each man subscribed ten dollars.

  9. To agree to buy shares in a company.

    offer to buy, as of stocks and shares

  10. (intransitive)To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization.

    Please like this video, and subscribe to my YouTube channel.

  11. (intransitive)To register for notifications about an event or similar.

    If you subscribe to the MouseClick event, your application can react to the user clicking the mouse.

  12. (obsolete)To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

Examples

130 sentences
  1. What magazines do you subscribe to?

    Які часописи ти передплачуєш?

    ruКакие журналы ты выписываешь?

    deWelche Zeitschriften hast du abonniert?

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  2. What newspaper do you subscribe to?

    Яку ти передплачуєш газету?

    ruНа какую газету ты подписан?

    deWelche Zeitung haben Sie abonniert?

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  3. Which newspaper do you subscribe to?

    Яку газету ти передплачуєш?

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  4. I decided to subscribe to the magazine.

    Я вирішила передплатити журнал.

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  5. Don't forget to like, subscribe and share.

    Не забудьте лайкнути, підписатися й поділитися.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to sign up to receive a publication:
Русский
By meaning 3
to sign as token of consent or attestation:
to sign up to receive a publication:
to contribute or promise to contribute:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to sign up to receive a publication:

Origin

From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere (“write beneath”). By s

From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere (“write beneath”). By surface analysis, sub- + scribe. Compare its native English equivalent underwrite.

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Forms

subscribes, subscribing, subscribed, subscribed
Base formsubscribe · to subscribe
3rd person singularsubscribes
Present participlesubscribing
Past simplesubscribed
Past participlesubscribed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysubscribe
he, she, itsubscribes

Past simpleLesson

all personssubscribed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave subscribed
he, she, ithas subscribed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill subscribe

Synonyms

7 synonyms
multiple senses:sign upunderwrite
Close in meaning
  • adopt as a belief:support
  • receive or obtain regularly:subscribe totake
  • mark with one's signature; write one's name (on):sign
  • pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals:pledge

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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