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C2+ Topic:Communication

US /səbˈskraɪb/ UK /səbˈskraɪb/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to arrange to receive something regularly, or to express agreement

I subscribe to two science magazines.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to arrange to receive... enroll registersign upendorse support assent

Opposites

unsubscribereject dissent oppose

Word family

Derived forms subscriber subscriptionsubscribable

Related forms scribe inscribe describe prescribe

Etymology

From Latin subscrībere ('to write underneath, sign'), from sub- ('under') + scrībere ('to write'), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- ('to scratch, incise').

sub Latin scrībere Latin *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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# subscribe

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /səbˈskraɪb/
**IPA (UK):** /səbˈskraɪb/

## Meanings
1. to arrange to receive something regularly, or to express agreement

## Examples
- I subscribe to two science magazines.

## Synonyms
- enroll
- register
- sign up
- endorse
- support
- assent

## Antonyms
- unsubscribe
- reject
- dissent
- oppose

## Derived Forms
- subscriber
- subscription
- subscribable

## Related Forms
- scribe
- inscribe
- describe
- prescribe

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sub
- Root: scrībere
- Root: *(s)kreybʰ-

## Etymology
From Latin subscrībere ('to write underneath, sign'), from sub- ('under') + scrībere ('to write'), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- ('to scratch, incise').

## AI Etymology
Subscribe is from Latin subscrībere ('to write underneath, sign'), from sub- ('under') + scrībere ('to write'), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- ('to scratch, incise'). Important recorded forms include sub (Latin), scrībere (Latin), and *(s)kreybʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to arrange to receive something regularly, or to express agreement. The wider family includes derived forms such as subscriber, subscription, and subscribable and related words such as scribe, inscribe, describe, and prescribe.

## Topics
- Communication

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