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enrol

verb
Sayin-ROHLUK/ɪnˈɹəʊl//ɪnˈɹəʉl/USen-ROHL/ɛnˈɹoʊl/

Formsenrols, enrolling, enrolled

US spellingenroll

6 meanings of enrol

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  1. 1
    join a courseverbintransitivereflexive
    To sign up officially for a course, school, club or scheme so that you become a student or member.

    I want to enrol on a cooking course after Christmas.

    More than twenty people enrolled for the Monday yoga class.

    UsageSay enrol on a course or at a school. Write enrolled and enrolling with two l's.

    Similarregister

    Oppositewithdraw

  2. 2
    verbtransitive
    To put someone's name down so that they join a group or become a member.

    We enrolled our son in a football club when he was six.

    The charity hopes to enrol more volunteers this summer.

    UsageSay enrol someone in a club or scheme.

    Similarrecruit, enlist, register, admit

  3. 3
    record officiallyverbtransitive
    To write a name or other detail in an official list or record.

    In the past, clerks would enrol each new law on a long roll of parchment.

    Every birth in the parish was enrolled in a large leather book.

    Similarregister, record, enter

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Less common meanings

  1. 4
    as a voterverbintransitivereflexive
    To put your name on the official list of people who can vote.

    Did you enrol in time for the election?

    My daughter enrolled to vote as soon as she turned eighteen.

    UsageIt means the same as register to vote in Britain.

    Similarregister

    Note
  2. 5
    verbobsoletetransitive
    To wrap something up or cover it all round.
    enroll thy memorable name In th’ heart of every honourable dame
    1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
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  3. 6
    verb
    Of an animal, to roll its body up into a ball.

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Origin

It comes from an old French word, and it is made of en- and roll.

Checked 5 Nov 2026 · 2 facts