subscribe
Collocations
1(verb.)
ADV
fully, wholeheartedly
My parents fully subscribe to the idea that education is the best investment for their children.
Definitions
verb
To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
[They] subscribed their names under them.
[…] although the will is holographic, and a holographic instrument cannot be admitted to probate where testator told the subscribing witnesses that it was not his will, […]
To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.
Officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.
Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?
To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access, a cell phone plan, or a streaming service.
I subscribed to this streaming service years ago.
To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to].
I don’t subscribe to that theory.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6[They] subscribed their names under them.
Wiktionary[…] although the will is holographic, and a holographic instrument cannot be admitted to probate where testator told the subscribing witnesses that it was not his will, […]
WiktionaryCommission to take testimony: testimony of subscribing witnesses may be taken by commission […]
WiktionaryThe profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.
Tatoeba · #1960At home we subscribe to the Asahi Shimbun.
Tatoeba · #23577Do you subscribe to any magazines?
Tatoeba · #25104