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• subscribe — sub·scribe /səb skrīb/ vb sub·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 now subscribe our names as witnesses W …   Law dictionary

• Subscribe — Sub*scribe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subscribing}.] [L. subscribere, subscriptum; sub under + scribere to write: cf. F. souscrire. See {Scribe}.] 1. To write underneath, as one s name; to sign (one s name) to a document …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• subscribe — 01. If you [subscribe] to an Internet service with this company, you will also receive really good rates for long distance phone calls. 02. I don t need a [subscription] to the newspaper because I can read it for free at work. 03. I don t… …   Grammatical examples in English

• List of United States over-the-air television networks — In the United States, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only three or four major national broadcasting networks. From 1946 1956 these were ABC, CBS, NBC, and DuMont. From 1956 1986, the national networks were ABC, CBS, and… …   Wikipedia

• To put over — Put Put, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• oversubscribe — v.tr. (usu. as oversubscribed adj.) subscribe for more than the amount available of (a commodity offered for sale etc.) (the offer was oversubscribed). * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: over (I) + subscribe : to subscribe for… …   Useful english dictionary

• oversubscribe — oversubscriber, n. oversubscription /oh veuhr seuhb skrip sheuhn/, n. /oh veuhr seuhb skruyb /, v.t., oversubscribed, oversubscribing. to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by… …   Universalium

• Subscribed — Subscribe Sub*scribe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subscribing}.] [L. subscribere, subscriptum; sub under + scribere to write: cf. F. souscrire. See {Scribe}.] 1. To write underneath, as one s name; to sign (one s name) to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Subscribing — Subscribe Sub*scribe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subscribing}.] [L. subscribere, subscriptum; sub under + scribere to write: cf. F. souscrire. See {Scribe}.] 1. To write underneath, as one s name; to sign (one s name) to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Digital divide in China — Over the past decade there has been an explosion in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in the People s Republic of China. As the largest developing country in the world, China faces a severe digital divide, which exists …   Wikipedia