ENROLL (enrolled, enrolling)

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Irregular inflected forms: enrolled    , enrolling   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does enroll mean? 

• ENROLL (verb)
  The verb ENROLL has 1 sense:

1. register formally as a participant or member

  Familiarity information: ENROLL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENROLL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they enroll    ... he / she / it enrolls   
Past simple: enrolled   
Past participle: enrolled   
-ing form: enrolling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Register formally as a participant or member

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

enrol; enroll; enter; inscribe; recruit

Context example:

The party recruited many new members

Hypernyms (to "enroll" is one way to...):

register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enroll"):

draft; enlist; muster in (engage somebody to enter the army)

unionise; unionize (recruit for a union or organize into a union)

register (enroll to vote)

matriculate (enroll as a student)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

enrollee (a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study)

enrollment (the act of enrolling)

 Context examples 

The team enrolled 400 infants in eastern Uganda.

(Drug Prevents Malaria in High-Risk Region, NIH)

D2d enrolled a diverse group of participants with a range of physical characteristics, including sex, age, and body mass index, as well as racial and ethnic diversity.

(Vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in people at high risk, National Institutes of Health)

The team enrolled more than 1,000 ethnically diverse women (75% minority) who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes.

(Breastfeeding may help prevent type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes, NIH)

A number of subjects that have been enrolled for the participation in a clinical study at a given point in time.

(Clinical Study Actual Accrual Number, NCI Thesaurus)

Their world-first trial has produced promising results for the majority of patients enrolled, they said, including a reduction in fatigue and improvements in mobility and vision.

(Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Developed in Australia Shows Promise, VOA)

A number of subjects that have been enrolled for the participation in a study at a given specified point in time (including all ever-enrolled subjects).

(Actual Accrual, NCI Thesaurus)

None of the participants had high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, or cancer when they enrolled, but 37,123 people developed high blood pressure during an average follow-up of 12-16 years.

(High Temp Grilled Meat May Raise Blood Pressure, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Also, they take part in multicenter clinical trials, which enroll patients from many parts of the country.

(Comprehensive cancer center, NCI Dictionary)

The team sequenced over 18,000 genes from participants of European or African ancestry who were enrolled in 7 large studies, including the Framing­ham Heart Study and the Women’s Health Initiative.

(Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH)

But already we have enrolled certain retainers who may play no small part in what is to come.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)