1 [V] ~ (to sth) to pay money, normally once a year, to receive regular copies of a newspaper, magazine, etc:
Which journals does the library subscribe to?
2 [V] ~ (to sth) to pay money regularly to be a member of an organization or to support a charity:
He subscribes regularly to Amnesty International.
3 [V] ~ (for sth) (finance) to apply to buy shares in a company
seealsoOVERSUBSCRIBED
4 [VN] [usuallypassive] to apply to take part in an activity, use a service, etc:
The tour of Edinburgh is fully subscribed.
PHRASALVERBS
subscribe to sth (formal) to agree with or support an opinion, a theory, etc:
The authorities no longer subscribe to the view that disabled people are unsuitable as teachers.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is subscribe a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, subscribe is tagged as verb.
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