enroll

English

Alternative forms

• enrol (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French enroller

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈɹoʊl/, /ɪnˈɹoʊl/
• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɹəʊl/

  • Audio (Uk):

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Verb

enroll (third-person singular simple present enrolls, present participle enrolling, simple past and past participle enrolled)

1. (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.

2. (transitive) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of

   They were eager to enroll new recruits.

3. (intransitive) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)

   Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?

4. (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

• enrollee
• enroller
• enrollment

Translations

to enter (a name) in a register, roll or list

• Bulgarian: записвам (bg) (zapisvam), регистрирам (bg) (registriram)
• Catalan: inscriure (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 註冊／注册 (zh) (zhùcè), 注册 (zh) (zhùcè)

• Finnish: ilmoittautua (fi), kirjoittautua (fi)
• French: s’inscrire (fr), s’enrôler (fr)
• Galician: anotarse, apuntarse, inscribirse, matricularse
• German: anmelden (de), einschreiben (de), sich immatrikulieren (de)
• Greek: εγγράφω (el) (engráfo)

  Ancient: ἐγγράφω (engráphō)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: iscriversi (it)
• Japanese: 登録する (ja) (とうろくする, tōroku suru)
• Latin: conscrībō
• Maori: whakatapoko, whakauru
• Portuguese: inscrever (pt), matricular (pt)
• Russian: запи́сываться (ru) impf (zapísyvatʹsja), записа́ться (ru) pf (zapisátʹsja) (intransitive), регистри́роваться (ru) impf (registrírovatʹsja), зарегистри́роваться (ru) pf (zaregistrírovatʹsja) (intransitive)
• Spanish: enrolar (es)
• Swedish: skriva in sig
• Telugu: చేరు (te) (cēru)

to enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of

• Catalan: matricular (ca), enrolar (ca)
• Finnish: värvätä (fi)
• French: enrôler (fr)
• German: immatrikulieren (de)
• Greek: εγγράφομαι (el) (engráfomai)
• Italian: reclutare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakatapoko, whakauru
• Portuguese: inscrever (pt), alistar (pt)
• Russian: (transitive) запи́сывать (ru) impf (zapísyvatʹ), записа́ть (ru) pf (zapisátʹ), регистри́ровать (ru) impf (registrírovatʹ), зарегистри́ровать (ru) pf (zaregistrírovatʹ)
• Spanish: alistar (es)
• Swedish: rekrytera (sv)
• Telugu: చేర్చు (te) (cērcu)