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== English == === Etymology === From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere (“write beneath”). By surface analysis, sub- +‎ scribe. Compare its native English equivalent underwrite. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /səbˈskɹaɪb/ Rhymes: -aɪb === Verb === subscribe (third-person singular simple present subscribes, present participle subscribing, simple past and past participle subscribed) (archaic outside law) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). (transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation. (ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time. To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access, a cell phone plan, or a streaming service. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to]. To pay money to be a member of an organization. (intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund. (transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount. (business and finance) To agree to buy shares in a company. (obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender. (obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong. (obsolete, transitive) To declare over one's signature; to publish. (intransitive) To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization. (intransitive, programming) To register for notifications about an event or similar. ==== Synonyms ==== (multiple senses): sign up, underwrite ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊpˈskriː.bɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [subˈskriː.be] === Verb === subscrībe second-person singular present active imperative of subscrībō == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /subsˈkɾibe/ [suβ̞sˈkɾi.β̞e] Rhymes: -ibe Syllabification: subs‧cri‧be === Verb === subscribe inflection of subscribir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative