enrolled
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of enroll.
They enrolled their daughter at the new school in August.
Over a thousand students were enrolled before the deadline.
Note
The US base enroll keeps its double l throughout, so this form and the enrol spelling meet in one word. It works in two constructions. One is transitive, as in they enrolled their daughter. The other is intransitive, as in she enrolled in a course. In the US, the intransitive use is the everyday way to say someone signed up for a class. In Australia and New Zealand, it can mean registering to vote.
- 2Simple past tense and past participle of enrol.
The clinic enrolled hundreds of volunteers for the trial.
She had enrolled in the program months before it began.
Note
The single-l spelling enrol is standard in Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, yet its past form still doubles the consonant. The spelling split therefore disappears in the past tense: enrolled looks the same whichever convention a writer follows. Only the base form shows which convention is in use. Nothing in this form needs adjusting when you move between British and American texts.
enrolled is a form of enroll
enroll, verb: To sign up officially as a student in a class or a course of study. Full entry
- Spelling
- enroll → enrolled: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
enrolled is a form of enrol
enrol, verb: 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. Full entry
- Spelling
- enrol → enrolled: double the l, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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