enroll
English
Alternative forms
- enrol (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French enroller
Pronunciation
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Audio (Uk): (file)
Verb
enroll (third-person singular simple present enrolls, present participle enrolling, simple past and past participle enrolled)
- (transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
- (Can we date this quote by Prescott and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling.
- (Can we date this quote by Prescott and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (transitive) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
- They were eager to enroll new recruits.
- (intransitive) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)
- Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?
- (obsolete, transitive) To envelop; to enwrap.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (enter in a register): list, note, note down, record, register; see also Thesaurus:enlist
- (enlist): enlist, sign up, subscribe
- (become a member): enlist, join, join up, sign up, subscribe
- (join a class): add, register for (synonyms for “enroll in [a class]”)
Derived terms
Translations
to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list
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to enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
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Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Requests for date/Prescott
- Requests for date/John Milton
- English intransitive verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Requests for quotations/Spenser