# enrol

Pronunciation: say "in-ROHL" UK /ɪnˈɹəʊl/, AUS /ɪnˈɹəʉl/; US say "en-ROHL" /ɛnˈɹoʊl/

## Verb

1. To put your name down officially as a student on a course or at a school, college or university, or as a member of or participant in a scheme or organisation.
   - Simple: To sign up officially for a course, school, club or scheme so that you become a student or member.
   - _She enrolled on an evening course in Italian at the local college._
   - _Students who enrol before the end of August get a discount on the pottery classes._
2. To sign someone up for something, or to make them a member of a group or organisation.
   - Simple: To put someone's name down so that they join a group or become a member.
   - _The club aims to enrol fifty new members before the season starts._
   - _Employers must enrol eligible staff in a workplace pension scheme._
3. To record a name or other entry formally in an official register, roll or list.
   - Simple: To write a name or other detail in an official list or record.
   - _The town clerk enrolled the name of each new freeman on the borough roll._
   - _Officials were required to enrol the details of every land sale in the court records._
4. To register as a voter so that you can take part in elections.
   - Simple: To put your name on the official list of people who can vote.
   - _Make sure you enrol before the electoral roll closes next Friday._
   - _After moving house, she had to enrol again at her new address before she could vote._

## Verb

5. To wrap something up or envelop it completely. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To wrap something up or cover it all round.

## Other meanings

- (verb) Of an animal, to curl its body up into a ball.

## Origin

Middle English had it as enrollen, borrowed from the Anglo-Norman verb enroller. You can also see it as the prefix en- joined to roll.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/enrol (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).