Definition

1. Verb (Transitive):

   • To sign one's name: To write one's signature on a document to indicate consent, authorization, or agreement.
   • To pledge or contribute money: To promise to give a sum of money, typically on a regular basis, to a cause, charity, or service.
   • To agree with or support an idea: To express or give one's assent to a theory, proposal, or belief.

2. Verb (Intransitive):

   • To arrange to receive something regularly: To pay for and receive a publication or service over a set period.
   • To express agreement: To hold or support a particular opinion, principle, or set of ideas.

Usage Examples

• Verb (Transitive):
  • Please subscribe your name at the bottom of the contract.
  • Many people subscribe large amounts to environmental charities.
  • I cannot subscribe to the notion that all change is bad.
• Verb (Intransitive):
  • I subscribe to three magazines and two streaming services.
  • Do you subscribe to the theory of evolution?

Advanced Usage

• "To subscribe to a channel": To sign up to receive regular content from a specific source, especially online (e.g., a YouTube channel).
  • Millions of users subscribe to his channel for daily updates.
• "To subscribe for shares": To apply to buy or agree to purchase shares in a company, especially during an initial offering.
  • Investors rushed to subscribe for shares in the new tech company.

Variants and Related Words

• Subscriber (n): A person who subscribes, especially to a publication or service.
  • The newspaper has over a million subscribers.
• Subscription (n): An arrangement to receive something regularly by paying in advance; the money paid for this.
  • My annual subscription to the gym is due for renewal.

Synonyms

• Contribute: To give (money, time, etc.) to a common fund or cause.
• Endorse: To declare one's public approval or support of.
• Authorize: To give official permission for or approval to.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Subscribe to: This is the primary phrasal construction, used for all intransitive meanings (receiving services, agreeing with ideas).
  • I subscribe to several scientific journals.
  • She subscribes to the philosophy of minimalism.

Related Idioms

• None directly using "subscribe" as a core component are common. The verb itself is frequently used in the phrasal form "subscribe to" an idea or service.

Verb

1. receive or obtain regularly
   • We take the Times every day
2. 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
3. adopt as a belief
   • I subscribe to your view on abortion
4. mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
   • She signed the letter and sent it off
   • Please sign here
5. offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
   • The broker subscribed 500 shares