sign up

See also: signup and sign-up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

sign up (third-person singular simple present signs up, present participle signing up, simple past and past participle signed up)

1. (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.

   Synonyms: register, enroll

   We signed Bob up for kitchen cleanup duty.

2. (intransitive) To add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something (including amateur, but not professional, teams).

   Synonyms: register, reserve, book, schedule, enroll

   Antonyms: cancel, resign

   Coordinate term: sign in

   Terry signed up for the soccer team.

3. (intransitive) To agree to purchase some good or service.

   After much deliberation we decided to sign up for satellite TV.

4. (intransitive, military) To enlist in the armed forces.

   Synonym: enlist

   Didn't you hear? He's just signed up!

Derived terms

• re-up
• sign me up
• sign-up (noun)
• signup (noun)
• where do I sign up

Translations

to add a name to the list of people who are participating in something

• Catalan: inscriure (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: zapsat (cs)
• Finnish: ilmoittaa (fi), määrätä (fi)
• French: inscrire (fr)
• Galician: anotar, apuntar (gl), inscribir (gl), matricular (gl)
• German: einschreiben (de), anmelden (de)
• Hungarian: (write down on something) felír (hu), (write down in something) beír (hu), (enrol) beírat (hu), (put someone down for an appointment) előjegyez (hu)
• Portuguese: subscrever (pt)
• Russian: запи́сывать (ru) impf (zapísyvatʹ), записа́ть (ru) pf (zapisátʹ)
• Spanish: inscribir (es), alistar (es), enlistar (es) (Mexico), apuntar (es), registrar (es), matricular (es)

to add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: inscriure's (ca), apuntar-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 報名 / 报名 (zh) (bàomíng), 註冊 / 注册 (zh) (zhùcè)

• Czech: zapsat se
• Esperanto: enskribiĝi, aliĝi, aniĝi
• Finnish: ilmoittautua (fi)
• French: s'inscrire (fr)
• German: einschreiben (de), anmelden (de)
• Hungarian: (register/subscribe) feliratkozik (hu), (appy/register) jelentkezik (hu), (register/check in) bejelentkezik (hu), (enrol) beiratkozik (hu)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zapisać się / zapisywać się
• Portuguese: cadastrar (pt) (pronominal)
• Russian: запи́сываться (ru) impf (zapísyvatʹsja), записа́ться (ru) pf (zapisátʹsja)
• Spanish: inscribirse, darse de alta, alistarse, apuntarse (es), matricularse a, matricularse en, registrarse (es)
• Swedish: anmäla (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

to agree to purchase some good or service

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tilata (fi)
• French: s'abonner (fr)
• German: abonnieren (de)
• Hungarian: (order/book/reserve) megrendel (hu), (take out a subscription) előfizet (hu), (for an electronic service or system) regisztrál (hu)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: inscrever(-se)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} liituma
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} melde på
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} inscriere

Anagrams

• gins up, pignus, pungis, sing up, spuing