Subscribe - English meaning

verb

Consent to receive or undertake (something offered).

Usage examples:

He accepted a pen as a present

verb

Join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.

Usage examples:

I've started a petition so if you would like to add your name, email me

abbreviation

Analogue digital digital, indicating that a music recording was made in analogue format before being mastered and stored digitally.

noun

Any of a range of behavioural disorders occurring primarily in children, including such symptoms as poor concentration, hyperactivity, and learning difficulties.

noun

A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

Usage examples:

He was an untiring advocate of economic reform

verb

Publicly recommend or support.

Usage examples:

Voters supported candidates who advocated an assembly

verb

To speak in support of an idea or course of action

Usage examples:

[ t ] some people advocate teaching to the test., [ i ] the organization advocates for human rights…

verb

Add (something) to the end of a written document.

Usage examples:

The results of the survey are appended to this chapter

verb

To add something to the end of a piece of writing

Usage examples:

Several footnotes were appended to the text.

verb

To add something to a document

Usage examples:

Append sth to sth a confidentiality agreement was appended to the contract of employment.

noun

A signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer.

Usage examples:

Fans surged around the car asking for autographs

verb

Write one's signature on (something); sign.

Usage examples:

The whole team autographed a shirt for him

adjective

Written in the author's own handwriting.

Usage examples:

An autograph manuscript

noun

The rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.

Usage examples:

He lay on his back

adverb

In the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or travelling towards.

Usage examples:

He moved back a pace

verb

Give financial, material, or moral support to.

Usage examples:

He had a newspaper empire backing him

noun

A person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition.

Usage examples:

A champion hurdler

verb

Vigorously support or defend the cause of.

Usage examples:

He championed the rights of the working class and the poor

adjective

Excellent.

Usage examples:

‘thank ye, lad,’ the farmer said. ‘that's champion.’

verb

Add a signature to (a document already signed by another person).

Usage examples:

Each cheque had to be signed and countersigned

noun

A signal or password given in reply to a soldier on guard.

Usage examples:

Advance, patrol, and give the countersign to me

verb

To sign an important document that someone else has already signed, in order to make it able to be accepted

Usage examples:

The club's annual accounts are prepared by the treasurer and countersigned by an accountant.

verb

Declare one's public approval or support of.

Usage examples:

The report was endorsed by the college

noun

Give support or one's approval to

verb

To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone

Usage examples:

We’re not endorsing tax increases., my wife has publicly endorsed lunny for city council., he endor…

adjective

Existing or occurring at the beginning.

Usage examples:

Our initial impression was favourable

noun

The first letter of a name or word, typically a person's given name or a word forming part of a phrase.

Usage examples:

They carved their initials into the tree trunk

verb

Mark or sign (a document) with one's initials in order to authorize or validate it.

Usage examples:

The man initialled the three warrants

verb

Write or carve (words or symbols) on something, especially as a formal or permanent record.

Usage examples:

His name was inscribed on the new silver trophy

verb

To write words in a book or cut words onto the surface of an object

Usage examples:

She inscribed the book, "to my number-one fan.", wind and rain wore away the inscriptions on the gr…

verb

Look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.

Usage examples:

It's the best novel i've ever read

noun

A period or act of reading something.

Usage examples:

I was having a quiet read of the newspaper

adjective

Understand or interpret the nature or significance of.

Usage examples:

He didn't dare look away, in case this was read as a sign of weakness

noun

An object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else.

Usage examples:

Flowers are often given as a sign of affection

verb

Write one's name on (a letter, card, document, etc.) to identify oneself as the writer or sender.

Usage examples:

The card was signed by the whole class

noun

A particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way.

Usage examples:

Different styles of management

verb

Archaic term for stylus (sense 2).

suffix

(forming adjectives and adverbs) in a manner characteristic of.

Usage examples:

Family-style

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

verb

Sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.

Usage examples:

The policy, underwritten at lloyd's, indemnifies trustees against loss arising from wrongful acts

verb

To support something that costs money by promising to pay for it, or by promising to pay if necessary to protect others who are risking their money

Usage examples:

The museum show was largely underwritten by a grant from the government of sweden.

verb

To give an activity financial support and take responsibility for paying any costs if it fails

Usage examples:

He underwrote a friend's development company in new york., many businesses have underwritten the ev…

noun

A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

Usage examples:

Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident

verb

See (an event, typically a crime or accident) happen.

Usage examples:

Staff who witnessed the murder

noun

A person who sees an event happening, esp. a crime or an accident

Usage examples:

[ c ] according to witnesses, the car used in the robbery was a green van with pennsylvania license…

verb

Mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement.

Usage examples:

He wrote his name on the paper

Name the letters that comprise the accepted form of

verb

To create something for other people to read or use, such as a book, poem, letter, or piece of music

Usage examples:

[ t ] to write a poem/a story/a textbook, [ t ] they wrote some of the best songs of the 70s., [ t …