Meaning & use
enrolled
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“enrolled” is a form of “enroll”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meanings
verbtransitive or intransitive
Past tense and past participle of enroll: officially signed up to join a school, class or program, or signed someone else up.
Grammar: With an object: she enrolled her son. Without one: he enrolled in a course.
Patterns
- enroll in something
- enroll at something
- enroll someone in something
She enrolled in an evening class on photography.
He enrolled his daughter at the local primary school.
More than two hundred students enrolled last semester.
adjectivebefore a noun
Officially registered as a member of a school, class or program.
Grammar: Also common after be: enrolled students are those registered.
Patterns
- enrolled in something
- enrolled at something
The number of enrolled students has risen by ten percent.
Only enrolled members may use the library.
She is currently enrolled at a community college.
Word forms
| base form | enroll |
|---|---|
| third person singular | enrolls |
| -ing form | enrolling |
Common combinations
- enrolled in a course
- He is enrolled in a course on web design.
- enrolled at university
- She enrolled at university after a year of work.
- fully enrolled
- The class is fully enrolled, so there are no places left.
- newly enrolled
- Newly enrolled students attend an orientation day.
- enrolled students
- Enrolled students receive a library card.
Synonyms and how they differ
- registered
- Registered is broader and can apply to voters or cars, whereas enrolled is mostly for schools and programs.
- signed up
- Signed up is more casual and may not involve any official record.
- admitted
- Admitted means the school accepted you, but enrolled means you completed the sign-up.
- matriculated
- Matriculated is a formal university term that sounds old-fashioned elsewhere.
Opposites
Word family
- enroll verb
- to sign up officially
- enrollment noun
- the act of signing up, or the number of people signed up
- enrollee noun
- a person who has enrolled
- re-enroll verb
- to sign up again
Commonly confused: enrolled or enrolled vs. enlisted? enrolled or enrolled vs. admitted?
enrolled vs enrolled vs. enlisted
Enlisted means joined the armed forces, while enrolled is for schools and programs.
enrolled vs enrolled vs. admitted
Admitted means accepted, and enrolled means you have also signed up and joined.
Practice
She ___ in a pottery class last month.
Choose one answer.
Enrolled is the natural verb for signing up for a class. Enlisted is used for joining the armed forces.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “enrolled”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.