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to subscribe

to subscribe

95 3.3
Sign up to receive something regularly, often by paying
  • verb
  • /səbˈskraɪb/
translation icon : suscribirse a
  • And make sure to subscribe to my channel.
  • subscribe to a service
  • subscribe to journals
  • subscribe to databases

If you're new here, you should subscribe if you want to.

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Examples

  • Membership is $10 a year with an option to subscribe to the publication Nuclear News for an extra $14.

    Academic text (1990)
  • You subscribe to The Post?

  • Does the library subscribe to these journals? What level of access to each journal is currently provided?

    Academic text (2015)
  • Meanwhile, libraries continue to subscribe to and stock a certain list of newspapers and archive the back issues.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I subscribed to "Writers Weekly."

  • Once you've chosen your reader, simply subscribe to the content that you want to receive.

    Academic text (2009)
  • His grandfather subscribed to National Geographic, and Mike spent hours looking through back issues.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Many libraries subscribe to this resource, but I wonder how many patrons actually know that it exists.

    Academic text (2006)
  • To stay updated with the latest news, you should subscribe to our daily newsletter.

  • Many readers choose to subscribe to the magazine for exclusive content and offers.

Synonyms

to follow
vsto subscribe
  • Texting
1.0

To get a person's posts and updates on social media

is a planned regular receipt, usually involving payment rather than casual updates
to subscribe to
vsto subscribe
94 3.7

To pay to get a magazine or online service regularly

is the same meaning but commonly used without the preposition to
to sub
vsto subscribe
  • Slang
1 7.9

To sign up to a channel or service to get content and support the creator

is the general formal arrangement to receive items regularly, often by payment

Phrasal Verbs

To pay to get a magazine or online service regularly

How Committed

to subscribe
95 3.3
to sign up
408 1.3
to follow
  • Texting
1.0

Surface Forms

subscribe infinitive
subscribed past
subscribed past participle
subscribing present participle
subscribes third person singular

Morphology

subscribe = scribe (semi-transparent) = sub + scribe

The sense 'arrange to receive regularly' is derived from signing up (signing under) and is related but somewhat idiomatic.

Etymology

Subscribe comes from the Latin parts sub- ('under') and scribere ('to write'), where people would 'write under' to join or receive something. That's why to subscribe to a magazine or service is to sign up to get it regularly.