transitive verb
1
: to write (one’s name) underneath : sign
2
a
: to sign (something, such as a document) with one’s own hand in token of consent or obligation
c
: to pledge (a gift or contribution) by writing one’s name with the amount
intransitive verb
1
: to sign one’s name to a document
2
a
: to give consent or approval to something written by signing
unwilling to subscribe to the agreement
b
: to set one’s name to a paper in token of promise to give something (such as a sum of money)
also
: to give something in accordance with such a promise
c
: to enter one’s name for a publication or service
Subscribe now and get your first issue free.
And you can listen to this show anytime by subscribing to our podcast.—
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also
: to receive or have access to something (such as a periodical or service) as part of an arrangement to receive a certain number of regular deliveries or a certain period of continuous access especially by prepayment
the number of people who currently subscribe to the magazine/site
d
: to agree to purchase and pay for securities especially of a new offering
subscribed for 1000 shares
3
: to feel favorably disposed
I subscribe to your sentiments
Synonyms
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voters assented to the proposal
consent involves the will or feelings and indicates compliance with what is requested or desired.
consented to their daughter’s going
accede implies a yielding, often under pressure, of assent or consent.
officials acceded to the prisoners’ demands
acquiesce implies tacit acceptance or forbearance of opposition.
acquiesced to his boss’s wishes
agree sometimes implies previous difference of opinion or attempts at persuasion.
finally agreed to come along
subscribe implies not only consent or assent but hearty approval and active support.
subscribes wholeheartedly to the idea
Example Sentences
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You’ll receive a user name and password when you subscribe.
Recent Examples on the Web
Please consider subscribing at courier-journal.com/subscribe to support local journalism.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2023
Listen and subscribe on your favorite app.
—Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2023
Those who do not subscribe to YouTube TV can get the NFL Sunday Ticket-NFL RedZone package for the presale price of $389, $100 off the retail price of $489 for the season.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
For more about Shreya Ramachandran and grey water, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday.
—Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
How to subscribe to the Daily Briefing newsletter Go to profile.cincinnati.com/newsletters/manage and click the checkmark for the Daily Briefing.
—Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
Click here to subscribe.
—Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2023
Get Down in Alabama’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to the daily Down in Alabama newsletter: From today’s Down in Alabama podcast: Birmingham-Southern College keeps its doors open.
—Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
Be sure to subscribe to Seventeen’s Snapchat Discover page to keep up with all the latest celebrity news!
—Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 8 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin subscribere, literally, to write beneath, from sub- + scribere to write — more at scribe
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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sub·scribe
(səb-scrīb′)
v. sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing, sub·scribes
v.tr.
1. To pledge or contribute (a sum of money).
2.
a. To sign (one’s name) at the end of a document, especially to attest to or authenticate it.
b. To sign one’s name to (a document) in attestation, testimony, or consent: subscribe a will.
3. To purchase or claim the shares of (a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities): a bond offering that is fully subscribed.
v.intr.
1.
a. To contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for access to a website that is protected by a paywall, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.
b. To agree to an ongoing arrangement by which one receives online content, as from a specific website or a specific user on a website.
2. To promise to pay or contribute money: subscribe to a charity.
3. To purchase or claim shares of a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities: an investor who subscribed for 100 shares.
4. To feel or express hearty approval: I subscribe to your opinion. See Synonyms at assent.
5. To sign one’s name to a document.
[Middle English subscriben, to sign, from Latin subscrībere : sub-, sub- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
sub·scrib′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
subscribe
(səbˈskraɪb)
vb
1. (Banking & Finance) (usually foll by to) to pay or promise to pay (a sum of money) as a contribution (to a fund or charity, for a magazine, etc), esp at regular intervals
2. (Law) to inscribe or sign (one’s name, etc) at the end of a contract, will, or other document
3. (foll by: to) to give support or approval: to subscribe to the theory of transubstantiation.
[C15: from Latin subscrībere to write underneath, from sub- + scrībere to write]
subˈscriber n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
sub•scribe
(səbˈskraɪb)
v. -scribed, -scrib•ing. v.t.
1. to give, pay, or pledge (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment.
2. to append one’s signature or mark to (a document), as in approval or attestation of its contents.
3. to append, as one’s signature, at the bottom of a document or the like; sign.
4. to agree or assent to.
v.i.
5. to give, pay, or pledge money as a contribution, gift, or investment.
6. to obtain a subscription to a publication, series of concerts, cable television service, etc.
7. to give one’s consent; sanction: I will not subscribe to popular fallacies.
8. to sign one’s name to a document, as to show approval.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin subscrībere=sub- sub- + scrībere to write]
sub•scrib′er, n.
sub•scrib′er•ship`, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
subscribe
Past participle: subscribed
Gerund: subscribing
| Imperative |
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| subscribe |
| subscribe |
| Present |
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| I subscribe |
| you subscribe |
| he/she/it subscribes |
| we subscribe |
| you subscribe |
| they subscribe |
| Preterite |
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| I subscribed |
| you subscribed |
| he/she/it subscribed |
| we subscribed |
| you subscribed |
| they subscribed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am subscribing |
| you are subscribing |
| he/she/it is subscribing |
| we are subscribing |
| you are subscribing |
| they are subscribing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have subscribed |
| you have subscribed |
| he/she/it has subscribed |
| we have subscribed |
| you have subscribed |
| they have subscribed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was subscribing |
| you were subscribing |
| he/she/it was subscribing |
| we were subscribing |
| you were subscribing |
| they were subscribing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had subscribed |
| you had subscribed |
| he/she/it had subscribed |
| we had subscribed |
| you had subscribed |
| they had subscribed |
| Future |
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| I will subscribe |
| you will subscribe |
| he/she/it will subscribe |
| we will subscribe |
| you will subscribe |
| they will subscribe |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have subscribed |
| you will have subscribed |
| he/she/it will have subscribed |
| we will have subscribed |
| you will have subscribed |
| they will have subscribed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be subscribing |
| you will be subscribing |
| he/she/it will be subscribing |
| we will be subscribing |
| you will be subscribing |
| they will be subscribing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been subscribing |
| you have been subscribing |
| he/she/it has been subscribing |
| we have been subscribing |
| you have been subscribing |
| they have been subscribing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been subscribing |
| you will have been subscribing |
| he/she/it will have been subscribing |
| we will have been subscribing |
| you will have been subscribing |
| they will have been subscribing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been subscribing |
| you had been subscribing |
| he/she/it had been subscribing |
| we had been subscribing |
| you had been subscribing |
| they had been subscribing |
| Conditional |
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| I would subscribe |
| you would subscribe |
| he/she/it would subscribe |
| we would subscribe |
| you would subscribe |
| they would subscribe |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have subscribed |
| you would have subscribed |
| he/she/it would have subscribed |
| we would have subscribed |
| you would have subscribed |
| they would have subscribed |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Verb | 1. | subscribe — offer to buy, as of stocks and shares; «The broker subscribed 500 shares»
investing, investment — the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit bid, tender, offer — propose a payment; «The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting» |
| 2. | subscribe — mark with one’s signature; write one’s name (on); «She signed the letter and sent it off»; «Please sign here»
sign write — communicate or express by writing; «Please write to me every week» rubricate — sign with a mark instead of a name |
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| 3. | subscribe — adopt as a belief; «I subscribe to your view on abortion»
support agree, concur, concord, hold — be in accord; be in agreement; «We agreed on the terms of the settlement»; «I can’t agree with you!»; «I hold with those who say life is sacred»; «Both philosophers concord on this point» |
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| 4. | subscribe — pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals; «I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station»
pledge donate — give to a charity or good cause; «I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake»; «donate money to the orphanage»; «She donates to her favorite charity every month» |
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| 5. | subscribe — receive or obtain regularly; «We take the Times every day»
subscribe to, take buy, purchase — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; «The family purchased a new car»; «The conglomerate acquired a new company»; «She buys for the big department store» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
subscribe
verb
2. pay a subscription, read regularly, buy regularly, take, take regularly You can also subscribe to the newspaper.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
subscribe
verb
1. To give in common with others:
2. To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance:
3. To affix one’s signature to:
Idioms: put one’s John Hancock on, set one’s hand to.
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَتَبَرَّعيَشْتَرِك في جَريدَه أو مَجَلَّه
předplatit sipřispětupsat
abonnerebidragestøtte
allekirjoittaalahjoittaatilata
adakozikelõfizetelőfizet
gefa peningagerast áskrifandi
aukoti pinigųduoti pinigųprenumerataprenumeratoriusprenumeravimas
abonētziedot
subscrie
predplatiť si
naročiti se
prenumerera
abone olmakbağış yapmak
subscribe
[səbˈskraɪb]
A. VI
1. to subscribe to
1.1. (= buy, pay for) [+ magazine, newspaper] → su(b)scribirse or abonarse a; [+ e-mail list] → su(b)scribirse a
he subscribes to a pay TV channel → está abonado a un canal de televisión de pago
1.2. (= contribute to) [+ charity, good cause] → contribuir con
1.3. (= share) I’ve personally never subscribed to that view → yo personalmente nunca he sido de esa opinión
I don’t subscribe to the idea that money should be given to people like that → yo no soy partidario de que se dé dinero a gente como esa
2. to subscribe for [+ stocks, shares] → su(b)scribir
subscribed capital (Comm) → capital m su(b)scrito
B. VT
1. (= contribute) [+ money] → donar
3. (frm) [+ signature] → poner; [+ document] → su(b)scribir
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
subscribe
[səbˈskraɪb] vi
(= agree with) [+ opinion, belief, theory] → souscrire à
(= contribute to) [+ charity, campaign, fund] → faire des dons à
[+ newspaper, magazine] (= take out subscription to) → s’abonner à (= be subscriber to) → être abonné(e) à
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
subscribe
vt money → zeichnen (form); (to appeal) → spenden (to für); to subscribe one’s signature or name to a document (form) → ein Dokument (unter)zeichnen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
subscribe
(səbˈskraib) verb
1. to give money, with other people, to a charity or other cause. He subscribes to a lot of charities; We each subscribed $1 towards the present.
2. (with to) to promise to receive and pay for a series of issues of (a magazine etc). I’ve been subscribing to that magazine for four years.
subˈscriber noun
a person who subscribes to a charity or a magazine etc.
subscription (səbˈskripʃən) noun
1. the act of subscribing.
2. a sum of money that is subscribed eg for receiving a magazine, for a membership of a club etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Meaning subscribe
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0 v. 1) to sign at the end of a document. The courts have been flex…
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0 subscribeearly 15c., «to sign at the bottom of a document,» from Latin subscribere «write, write underneath, sign one’s name; register,» also figuratively «assent, agree to, appro [..]
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0 subscribe1) To sign at the end of a document. The courts have been flexible in recognizing signatures elsewhere on a contract or will, on the theory that a document should be found valid if possible. 2) To ord [..]
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0 subscribe//schema.org/SiteNavigationElement»> Advertise
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0 subscribeoffer to buy, as of stocks and shares; &quot;The broker subscribed 500 shares&quot; sign: mark with one&#39;s signature; write one&#39;s name (on); &quot;She si [..]
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0 subscribeto the monthly Junior Golf Newsletter. It gives you all the information and tips about healthy nutrition, positive mental game, golf fitness, goal setting and more…which you can use for your junior golfer’s growth!.
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0 subscribeIn computer conferencing, to add one’s address to a distribution list, or to join a forum. [2382-pt.35]
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0 subscribeWebsite Design Dictionary Although this sounds as if you are being asked to part with money it normally means just adding your address to a mailing list or newsgroup.
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0 subscribeto yield.
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0 subscribe1. To add one’s name to a mailing list. 2. A very small scribe.
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0 subscribesub·scribed sub·scrib·ing [Latin subscribere, literally, to write beneath, from sub- under + scribere to write] vt 1 : to write (one’s name) underneath or at the end of a document [we …
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0 subscribeTo become a member of a mailing list, newsgroup, or other online service. See Also: Mailing List, Newsgroup
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0 subscribeto authorize to receive or access updates or messages.
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0 subscribeTo join a discussion group, interest group, listserv list, or mailing list. You use this term when writing commands to join such a group and to list a Usenet newsgroup on your newsreader.
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0 subscribeSign up to receive news and update emails.
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0 subscribeTo sign up to receive messages from a mailing list, Usenet newsgroup, or online publication. To unsubscribe is to take your name off a list or stop receiving posts from a Usenet newsgroup.
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0 subscribe(1) Sign up to receive a mailing list via e-mail. or (2) Add a Usenet newsgroup to a personalized list of groups for easy access.
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0 subscribe(v) offer to buy, as of stocks and shares(v) mark with one’s signature; write one’s name (on)(v) adopt as a belief(v) pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, [..]
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0 subscribeTo add one’s name to a mailing list.
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0 subscribeSubscribe is an option offered by product vendors or service providers that allows customers to gain access to products or services. Most subscription-based models are paid services, which require a c [..]
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0 subscribePodcasts
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0 subscribeEnter your Email Preview
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0 subscribeThe process of joining a mailing list, either through an email command, by filling out a Web form, or offline by filling out a form or requesting to be added verbally. (If you accept verbal subscriptions, you should safeguard yourself by recording it and storing recordings along with time and date, in a retrievable format.) Subscriber
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0 subscribeAgree with an idea
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0 subscribeTo sign, to write one’s signature. The word subscribe is part of many states’ Jurat wording where the phrase or similar phrase, "Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of _ [..]
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0 subscribeSubscriptions are an important part of social media platfoms. If there are specific channels that you like, subscribe to them. Once you do, you’ll receive updates whenever they upload new content, m [..]
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0 subscribe(ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time. »Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine,» [..]
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Other forms: subscribed; subscribing; subscribes
If you subscribe to something, you sign up to receive it regularly. If you subscribe to the New York Times, it’s delivered to your door every morning or you get online access.
When you subscribe to a belief, you adopt it as your own. You might subscribe to the notion that children should be seen and not heard, or you might wholeheartedly subscribe to your town’s proposal to save the wetlands. A less common use of subscribe is to sign your name on something, reflecting the origin of the word, which comes from the Latin subscribere, «to write below,» that is, to sign at the bottom of a document.
Definitions of subscribe
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verb
pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals
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verb
mark with one’s signature; write one’s name (on)
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verb
offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
“The broker
subscribed 500 shares” -
verb
receive or obtain regularly
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LORD NORTH, who had a great antipathy to music, being asked why he did not subscribe to the Ancient Concerts, and it being urged as a reason for it that his brother the Bishop of Winchester did, «Ay,» replied his lordship, «if I was as _deaf_ as my brother, I would _subscribe too_.» ❋ Mark Lemon (1839)
The info about the effort/time to subscribe is sooo true. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Those individuals who did not subscribe from the first issues have found it impossible to complete their files except by photocopying the missing issues. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I have no idea if the “feed” I subscribe is rss, atom, or something else. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Knowing how many people subscribe is useful because it lets you track the ongoing popularity of your show. ❋ Unknown (2006)
I think they’ll look to form some sort of worldwide regulatory body which can claim jurisdiction over these type of things but getting everyone to subscribe is gonna be tough. ❋ Unknown (2006)
But … if people can read (and thus get info) they need for free, there’s not much of an incentive to subscribe, is there? ❋ Unknown (2003)
As soon as we got into the street, my companion began to expostulate with me, telling me that it was the height of folly not to make every one who signed his name subscribe something, as Mr. Clark had done, towards defraying our expenses. ❋ Henry Hunt (1804)
Who knows, at the back of their mind, the word subscribe entails paying for the subscription. ❋ Unknown (2010)
To subscribe to this list, please send a blank message to [email protected] org with the word subscribe in the subject line. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Clearly label subscribe links as subscribe in iTunes and add options for subscribing via Google, My Yahoo, Zune and provide link to RSS. ❋ Alex Nesbitt (2008)
Clearly label subscribe link as subscribe in iTunes and add options for subscribing via Google, My Yahoo, Zune and provide link to RSS. ❋ Unknown (2008)
But on the other hand she goes way too far in condemning the usage of an age-old term like ‘subscribe‘ — ❋ Unknown (2008)
However, I do read most blog posts in Google Reader on the iPhone so don’t actually see the layout, but my decision to subscribe is influenced by look and feel. ❋ Unknown (2009)
My request is that folks subscribe, that is commit to a monthly amount via PayPal of $200, $100, $50, $20, $10, $5, mix and match. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Odeo is all cutesy taggy, but they make it very easy to listen and subscribe, which is neat, although I find the «create» a podcast tool a good idea — it is very simple vs an audacity/garageband but broadband speeds in Australia dont let it work for me. ❋ Ben Barren (2005)
He might have [worked] with big names in [journalism], but he is quite a subscribe when it comes to new [forms] of media. ❋ Manuscrypts (2010)
OMG I REACHED 3,000 SUBSCRIBERS!!![1111] By the time I’m [73], I should be up to [1,000,000]!!!!! ❋ Put A Dick All Up Inside Her (2015)
i subscribe [to you] u ❋ Wordmaker87 (2018)
Dude i subscribed to «michael jackson» and now i’m at the top [next thing] i know, i get [350] [subs]. ❋ Thelogicaldictionary (2010)
Subscribe to me [scrub] ❋ Applecoffee1 (2016)
Joe — Great! I just hit [62] subscribers!
Paul — Awesome, [man but] i just hit [63] subscribers!! (owned) ❋ Randomlolwut (2010)
She’s [not really] [happy]. She’s [just] a subscriber ❋ InternationalBasil (2018)
Go to [Pewdiepie’s] channel and [smash that] [subscribe] button. ❋ SuspiciousLibrarian (2018)
[Subscribe to pewdiepie]. ❋ Thanos Our Lord (2018)
Make sure to subscribe and SMASH that notification bell with your FIST!!!!! And [stay tuned] to the end of this video for yet another MacBook giveaway. Oh, and this video is sponsored by [Squarespace] (insert [shameless plug] about Squarespace here). ❋ Pialinist (2020)