enrollment

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɛnˈroʊlmənt/ UK /ɪnˈrəʊlmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of registering, or the number of people registered

This year's enrollment exceeded the college's capacity.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act of registering, or... registrationenlistmentadmissionmatriculationsign-upintake

Opposites

withdrawal dropoutdisenrollment

Word family

Related forms enroll enrol rollenrolment

Etymology

From enroll + -ment, from Old French enroller, from en- + rolle ('roll'), from Latin rotulus ('little roll').

rotulus la-med

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# enrollment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɛnˈroʊlmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈrəʊlmənt/

## Meanings
1. the act of registering, or the number of people registered

## Examples
- This year's enrollment exceeded the college's capacity.

## Synonyms
- registration
- enlistment
- admission
- matriculation
- sign-up
- intake

## Antonyms
- withdrawal
- dropout
- disenrollment

## Related Forms
- enroll
- enrol
- roll
- enrolment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rotulus

## Etymology
From enroll + -ment, from Old French enroller, from en- + rolle ('roll'), from Latin rotulus ('little roll').

## AI Etymology
Enrollment comes from enroll + -ment, from Old French enroller, from en- + rolle ('roll'), from Latin rotulus ('little roll'). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: -ment marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "the act of registering, or the number of people registered", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as enroll, enrol, roll, and enrolment, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin rotulus, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by registration, enlistment, admission, and matriculation on one side and contrasts such as withdrawal, dropout, and disenrollment on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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