subscribe
part of speech
verb (subscribe, subscribes, subscribed, subscribing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To pay regularly to get something, such as a magazine, a streaming service or a newspaper. tree →
2) To sign up to get updates, emails or videos from a channel or website, often for free. tree →
3) (formal) To agree with or support an idea or belief: «I don't subscribe to that view». tree →
4) (formal) To give money regularly to a charity or club. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life children see «subscribe» on video channels and apps. Families subscribe to magazines or TV services, which costs money each month — a common maths problem: monthly cost × number of months. In formal writing «subscribe to an idea» means to believe it. Phrases: «subscribe to», «like and subscribe», «subscribe for free».
examples
- We subscribe to a science magazine for kids. tree →
- Dad subscribes to a music service for £10 a month. tree →
- Don't subscribe to anything online without asking a grown-up. tree →
- (formal) I do not subscribe to the idea that maths is boring. tree →
- Click here to subscribe to our newsletter. tree →
- If you subscribe for 12 months at $5 a month, you pay $60. tree →
- My cousin's channel has thousands of people who subscribe. tree →
- Yes, how many tears I have wept in the fifty years I have subscribed to the theatre!" tree →
note
Always «subscribe to» something. Noun: «subscription»; person: «subscriber». In maths, a subscription is a repeated payment: multiply the price by the number of months or weeks. Safety: subscriptions can keep charging money until you cancel, so check with an adult.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «subscribe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.