Meaning & use

Subscribing

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Arranging to receive or access something regularly, typically by paying a fee, or formally agreeing with or endorsing a view.

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She's been subscribing to that cooking magazine for over a decade.

Not everyone on the committee was subscribing to the new proposal.

A note on using this word

From Latin "subscribere," literally "to write underneath," originally referring to signing one's name at the bottom of a document to show agreement.

Words with a similar meaning

enrollingsigning up

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Words with an opposite meaning

unsubscribing

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