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sub·scribe

(səb-scrīb′)

v. sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing, sub·scribes

v.tr.

1. To pledge or contribute (a sum of money).

a. To sign (one's name) at the end of a document, especially to attest to or authenticate it.

b. To sign one's name to (a document) in attestation, testimony, or consent: subscribe a will.

3. To purchase or claim the shares of (a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities): a bond offering that is fully subscribed.

v.intr.

a. To contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for access to a website that is protected by a paywall, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.

b. To agree to an ongoing arrangement by which one receives online content, as from a specific website or a specific user on a website.

2. To promise to pay or contribute money: subscribe to a charity.

3. To purchase or claim shares of a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities: an investor who subscribed for 100 shares.

4. To feel or express hearty approval: I subscribe to your opinion. See Synonyms at assent.

5. To sign one's name to a document.

[Middle English subscriben, to sign, from Latin subscrībere : sub-, sub- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]

sub·scrib′er n.

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(səbˈskraɪb)

1. (Banking & Finance) (usually foll by to) to pay or promise to pay (a sum of money) as a contribution (to a fund or charity, for a magazine, etc), esp at regular intervals

2. (Law) to inscribe or sign (one's name, etc) at the end of a contract, will, or other document

3. (foll by: to) to give support or approval: to subscribe to the theory of transubstantiation.

[C15: from Latin subscrībere to write underneath, from sub- + scrībere to write]

subˈscriber n

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sub•scribe

(səbˈskraɪb)

v. -scribed, -scrib•ing. v.t.

1. to give, pay, or pledge (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment.

2. to append one's signature or mark to (a document), as in approval or attestation of its contents.

3. to append, as one's signature, at the bottom of a document or the like; sign.

4. to agree or assent to.

v.i.

5. to give, pay, or pledge money as a contribution, gift, or investment.

6. to obtain a subscription to a publication, series of concerts, cable television service, etc.

7. to give one's consent; sanction: I will not subscribe to popular fallacies.

8. to sign one's name to a document, as to show approval.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin subscrībere=sub- sub- + scrībere to write]

sub•scrib′er, n.

sub•scrib′er•ship`, n.

Past participle: subscribed
Gerund: subscribing

Imperative
subscribe
subscribe

Present
I subscribe
you subscribe
he/she/it subscribes
we subscribe
you subscribe
they subscribe

Preterite
I subscribed
you subscribed
he/she/it subscribed
we subscribed
you subscribed
they subscribed

Present Continuous
I am subscribing
you are subscribing
he/she/it is subscribing
we are subscribing
you are subscribing
they are subscribing

Present Perfect
I have subscribed
you have subscribed
he/she/it has subscribed
we have subscribed
you have subscribed
they have subscribed

Past Continuous
I was subscribing
you were subscribing
he/she/it was subscribing
we were subscribing
you were subscribing
they were subscribing

Past Perfect
I had subscribed
you had subscribed
he/she/it had subscribed
we had subscribed
you had subscribed
they had subscribed

Future
I will subscribe
you will subscribe
he/she/it will subscribe
we will subscribe
you will subscribe
they will subscribe

Future Perfect
I will have subscribed
you will have subscribed
he/she/it will have subscribed
we will have subscribed
you will have subscribed
they will have subscribed

Future Continuous
I will be subscribing
you will be subscribing
he/she/it will be subscribing
we will be subscribing
you will be subscribing
they will be subscribing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been subscribing
you have been subscribing
he/she/it has been subscribing
we have been subscribing
you have been subscribing
they have been subscribing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been subscribing
you will have been subscribing
he/she/it will have been subscribing
we will have been subscribing
you will have been subscribing
they will have been subscribing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been subscribing
you had been subscribing
he/she/it had been subscribing
we had been subscribing
you had been subscribing
they had been subscribing

Conditional
I would subscribe
you would subscribe
he/she/it would subscribe
we would subscribe
you would subscribe
they would subscribe

Past Conditional
I would have subscribed
you would have subscribed
he/she/it would have subscribed
we would have subscribed
you would have subscribed
they would have subscribed

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Verb	1.	subscribe - offer to buy, as of stocks and shares; "The broker subscribed 500 shares" investing, investment - the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit bid, tender, offer - propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
	2.	subscribe - mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here" sign write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" rubricate - sign with a mark instead of a name
	3.	subscribe - adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion" support agree, concur, concord, hold - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
	4.	subscribe - pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals; "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station" pledge donate - give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"
	5.	subscribe - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe to, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

verb

1. support, agree, advocate, consent, endorse, countenance, acquiesce I've personally never subscribed to the view.

2. pay a subscription, read regularly, buy regularly, take, take regularly You can also subscribe to the newspaper.

3. contribute, give, donate, chip in (informal) I subscribe to a few favourable charities.

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verb

1. To give in common with others:

chip in, contribute, donate.

Informal: kick in.

Slang: come across.

2. To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance:

accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent, nod, yes.

3. To affix one's signature to:

autograph, endorse, inscribe, sign, undersign.

Idioms: put one's John Hancock on, set one's hand to.

Translations

يَتَبَرَّعيَشْتَرِك في جَريدَه أو مَجَلَّه

předplatit sipřispětupsat

abonnerebidragestøtte

abonniereneine Aktie zeichneneine Anleihe zeichnensubskribieren zeichnen

allekirjoittaalahjoittaatilata

abonner s'abonner

adakozikelõfizetelőfizet

gefa peningagerast áskrifandi

abbonarsi iscriversi sottoscrivere sottoscrizione versare

aukoti pinigųduoti pinigųprenumerataprenumeratoriusprenumeravimas

abonētziedot

abonneren

abonnere donere penger underskrive undertegne

assinar

subscrie

выписывать подписать подписаться абонировать абонироваться

predplatiť si

naročiti se

prenumerera

abone olmakbağış yapmak

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[səbˈskraɪb]

A. VI

1. to subscribe to

1.1. (= buy, pay for) [+ magazine, newspaper] → su(b)scribirse or abonarse a; [+ e-mail list] → su(b)scribirse a
he subscribes to a pay TV channel → está abonado a un canal de televisión de pago

1.2. (= contribute to) [+ charity, good cause] → contribuir con

1.3. (= share) I've personally never subscribed to that view → yo personalmente nunca he sido de esa opinión
I don't subscribe to the idea that money should be given to people like that → yo no soy partidario de que se dé dinero a gente como esa

2. to subscribe for [+ stocks, shares] → su(b)scribir
subscribed capital (Comm) → capital m su(b)scrito

B. VT

1. (= contribute) [+ money] → donar

2. (= apply for) the share issue was heavily subscribed → la oferta de venta de acciones ha tenido mucha demanda
the language courses are all fully subscribed → la matrícula de los cursos de idiomas está completa

3. (frm) [+ signature] → poner; [+ document] → su(b)scribir

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[səbˈskraɪb] vi

to subscribe for shares → souscrire des actions

(online, to mailing list etc) → s'inscrire, s'abonner

subscribe to

vt fus

(= agree with) [+ opinion, belief, theory] → souscrire à

(= contribute to) [+ charity, campaign, fund] → faire des dons à

[+ newspaper, magazine] (= take out subscription to) → s'abonner à (= be subscriber to) → être abonné(e) à

vt money → zeichnen (form); (to appeal) → spenden (to für); to subscribe one’s signature or name to a document (form) → ein Dokument (unter)zeichnen

(= contribute, promise to contribute) → spenden, geben (→ to +dat); to subscribe to an appeal → sich an einer Spendenaktion beteiligen; to subscribe for a book → ein Buch vorbestellen; to subscribe for shares in a company → Aktien einer Gesellschaft zeichnen

(to e-mail list) → sich anmelden; to subscribe to a magazine etc → eine Zeitschrift etc abonnieren

(= support) to subscribe to something (to proposal) → etw gutheißen, etw billigen; to opinion, theory → sich einer Sache (dat) → anschließen

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[səbˈskraɪb]

1. vi to subscribe to (magazine) → abbonarsi a; (fund) → sottoscrivere; (opinion) → condividere, approvare
to subscribe for (shares) → sottoscrivere

2. vt (money) → devolvere

(səbˈskraib) verb

1. to give money, with other people, to a charity or other cause. He subscribes to a lot of charities; We each subscribed $1 towards the present.

2. (with to) to promise to receive and pay for a series of issues of (a magazine etc). I've been subscribing to that magazine for four years.

subˈscriber noun

a person who subscribes to a charity or a magazine etc.

subscription (səbˈskripʃən) noun

1. the act of subscribing.

2. a sum of money that is subscribed eg for receiving a magazine, for a membership of a club etc.

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Pierre would have liked to subscribe all he had, but fearing that it might look like pride subscribed the same amount as the others.

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They hinted that the enterprise of the Gun Club was contrary to the "principle of non-intervention." And they did not subscribe a single farthing.

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The next paragraph asserted that the said Eustace Macallan, taken before John Daviot, Esquire, advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of Mid-Lothian, did in his presence at Edinburgh (on a given date, viz., the 29th of October), subscribe a Declaration stating his innocence of the alleged crime: this Declaration being reserved in the Indictment--together with certain documents, papers and articles, enumerated in an Inventory--to be used in evidence against the prisoner.

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`l am not able to resist your will and pleasure,' said the Abbot, 'in this place.' `Ye must then obey me,' said the Earl, and with that were presented unto him certain letters to subscribe, amongst which there was a five years' tack, and a nineteen years' tack, and a charter of feu of all the lands (of Crossraguel, with all the clauses necessary for the Earl to haste him to hell.

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Please to tell them so; and allow me to subscribe myself, yours respectfully,

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"But it knows any friend it has met once before: It never will look at a bride: And in charity-meetings it stands at the door, And collects--though it does not subscribe.

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She did mention it that evening, and said that she should like to subscribe two hundred a-year--she had seven hundred a-year as the equivalent of her own fortune, settled on her at her marriage.

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"By all means subscribe to charities--subscribe to them largely--but don't get carried away by absurd schemes of Social Reform.

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Oh, my young friend, who else could have resisted the pleading of sixteen of our fairest sisters, and withstood their exhortations to subscribe to our noble society for providing the infant negroes in the West Indies with flannel waistcoats and moral pocket-handkerchiefs?'

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Sincerely and earnestly hoping that this little book may do something toward throwing light on the American slave system, and hastening the glad day of deliverance to the millions of my brethren in bonds--faithfully relying upon the power of truth, love, and justice, for success in my humble efforts --and solemnly pledging my self anew to the sacred cause,--I subscribe myself,

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But they seem not to have been apprised of the sentiments of that great man expressed in another part of his work, nor to have adverted to the consequences of the principle to which they subscribe with such ready acquiescence.

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In addition to those fine engravings from Garnery, there are two other French engravings worthy of note, by some one who subscribes himself h.