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enroll

verb

in-ˈrōl How to pronounce enroll (audio)
variants also enrol
Definition of enrollnext
1
as in to enlist
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member the community college will enroll anyone who has a GED or high school diploma

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2
as in to enter
to put (someone or something) on a list can I enroll you on the list of volunteers for the church supper?

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Recent Examples of enroll More than 400 people are enrolled in the scheme, which has been operating since June. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026 At the end of her fifth grade year, her parents enrolled her in an intensive therapeutic wilderness program in Idaho. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026 But the number of students enrolled in the curriculum has tumbled dramatically this year. — Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2026 The phase 1 trial enrolled 88 healthy adults and evaluated ENV-308’s safety and tolerability. — Amber Raiken, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for enroll
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enroll
  1. enlist
  2. enter
  3. list
  4. matriculate
  5. register
  6. induct
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  • Sally and Gillian follow her, and enlist a magic historian (Lee Pace) to help them.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Jimmy’s vengeful spirit comes back to haunt the Owens, who must enlist the help of Jet, Franny, and the group of reticent townswomen to banish him back to the nether-realm.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of enlist
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  • Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of the crisis center, told Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT that the drone most likely entered from Belarus.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Here are four rules leaders should consider as reputation management enters this new era.
    — Evan Nierman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of enter
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  • In 2008, a San Francisco court denied Stone's attempt to alter the custody arrangement which listed Bronstein's San Francisco home as Roan's primary residence, with Stone getting visitation rights.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The stock trading surfaced in May of this year, when a first-quarter filing listed roughly 3,600 transactions in 90 days.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of list
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  • As a result, Cypher said, about 600,000 first-time full-time freshmen did not matriculate that year.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Shortly before Salinger matriculated, a cadet fell to his death from an academy window under suspicious circumstances.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of matriculate
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  • Thad Kousser, a political science professor at the University of California-San Diego, noted that because Regan wasn’t a household name, the allegations were unlikely to register with voters.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • California’s general election is almost here and what better day to make sure you’re registered to vote than Tuesday, National Voter Registration Day?
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of register
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  • He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame in 2002.
    — MARK KENNEDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Mackie, who was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2002, was all about showmanship.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
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“Enroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enroll. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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