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enrollment

enrollment

34 2.7
The act of officially joining a course or school by signing up
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈroʊlmənt/
  • US
translation icon : inscripción
  • Persistence refers to students maintaining or completing their enrollment at any postsecondary institution, not just at a specific college.
  • course enrollment
  • enrollment status
  • class enrollment

And we prevailed and got the authorization, but we wanted the ACT to to give automatic enrollment to all of our children.

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Examples

  • Very few girls attended schools until the 1960s, after which enrollments increased, particularly following independence in 1963.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Now, Milan, Missouri has grown from limited enrollment to building its very own new high school.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We'll be putting the link here for enrollment in the course, though.

  • We're going to open up enrollment probably about, you know, actually about a week from now I think.

  • You would think an application for enrollment to college would be short and simple.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Washington arranged her enrollment, sir.

  • Course sections had an enrollment of 16 to 30 students, averaging 22 students per section.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Only girls with non-anemic iron deficiency were eligible for enrollment in the trial.

    Academic text (1999)
  • There's a seminar about getting back into a scholastic program... after a lapse in enrollment.

  • The university announced that enrollment for the upcoming semester will begin next week.

Synonyms

registration
vsenrollment
145 2.5

To sign up officially for a course or event

is the official act of joining without stressing paperwork
sign-up
vsenrollment
4 2.5

The act of giving your name and details to join something

is the official act used for formal courses rather than casual tasks
signup
vsenrollment
3 2.0

Adding your name to join an event or service

is the official act used for formal courses rather than casual tasks
matriculation
vsenrollment
  • Formal
2 8.5

The official process of joining a college or university

is the broader act of officially joining beyond just higher education

Antonyms

withdrawal
  • Formal
39 5.0

Leaving a group, country, or agreement

Leaving or being removed from an organization such as a school

How Official

matriculation
  • Formal
2 8.5
registration
145 2.5
enrollment
  • US
34 2.7
application
528 2.4
sign-up
4 2.5

Surface Forms

enrollment singular
enrollments plural

Morphology

enrollment = enroll (transparent) = en + roll + ment

The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'enroll' with the productive suffix '-ment', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Enrollment comes from enroll, which once meant 'to put on a roll', a paper list of names. The ending -ment turns the action into a thing, so enrollment is the act of signing up or officially joining.