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Definition of "enroll" []

  • To enter or register in a roll, list, or record: enrolled the child in kindergarten; enroll the minutes of the meeting. (verb-transitive)
  • To roll or wrap up. (verb-transitive)
  • To write or print a final copy of; engross. (verb-transitive)
  • To place one's name on a roll or register; sign up: We enrolled in the army. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "enroll" in a sentence
  • "The university would not let Colin enroll, even after his mother, Jessica Offir, offered to release UConn from liability and accompany her son as a chaperone at her own expense, she and Colinsaid."
  • "I now have a reason to "enroll" my character in that school, and for her to be at that performance."
  • "Re-enroll, meaning the child has been attending school there and is immersed in the teachings already."