Subscribe Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of SUBSCRIBE

[no object]

1

:

to pay money to get a publication or service regularly

• Subscribe today and get your first issue free!
• You'll receive a user name and password when you subscribe.

— often + to

• I subscribe to several newspapers/magazines.
• He's thinking of subscribing to satellite TV.

2

:

to agree to buy shares in a company

— usually + for

• She subscribed for 100 shares.

3

British

:

to belong to or support something (such as an organization) by paying money regularly

— usually + to

• subscribe to a charity

subscribe to

[phrasal verb]

subscribe to (something)

:

to agree with or support (an opinion, theory, etc.)

• I subscribe to the idea that voting is my civic duty.
• She subscribes to the theory that some dinosaurs were warm-blooded and others were cold-blooded.

— subscriber

noun,

plural

subscribers

[count]

• cable TV subscribers
• The magazine has about a million subscribers.