to subscribe
- verb
- /səbˈskraɪb/
- It pays off not to subscribe to an eye for an eye.
- subscribe to the view
- subscribe to the notion
- subscribe to the idea
I don't subscribe to this point of view.
- I don't subscribe to this point of view.
- It's impossible to subscribe to the negligence argument.
- We all, we all subscribe to the same ideas.
- I, I, I wouldn't subscribe to the view that there's been subtle erosion.
- So he subscribed to so-called relative morality.
- But doesn't, doesn't, doesn't, doesn't your scripture say something about if you're not subscribed to Christianity?
Examples
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Hundreds of thousands subscribe to his online lectures.
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For the most part, however, officials subscribe to the notion that conservation areas are no place for people.
Academic text (2011) -
But this is the one I subscribe to.
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At least many Japanese now seem to subscribe to that view.
Academic text (1991) -
I do not subscribe to old wives' tales.
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I don't subscribe to this point of view.
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And they know I don't subscribe to those values as much.
Fiction book (1999) -
They say you should drink water, but I subscribe to the law of contrary public opinion.
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Setting aside those who are indifferent, the other two camps subscribe to divergent interpretations of Southern history.
Academic text (2008) -
I don't subscribe to this point of view, as I believe there are better alternatives.
Synonyms
Have the same opinion or say yes
Give help to a person or idea
To act according to rules, advice, or beliefs
To accept and support a belief, cause, or way of life
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Etymology
Subscribe comes from the Latin parts sub- ('under') and scribere ('to write'), which meant 'to write under' as a sign of support. So to subscribe to an idea is like 'writing under' it — showing you agree with or support that belief.