SIGN UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sign up mean? 

• SIGN UP (verb)
  The verb SIGN UP has 2 senses:

1. engage by written agreement

2. join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate

  Familiarity information: SIGN UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGN UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Engage by written agreement

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

contract; sign; sign on; sign up

Context example:

They signed two new pitchers for the next season

Hypernyms (to "sign up" is one way to...):

employ; engage; hire (engage or hire for work)

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

contract out (assign a job to someone outside one's own business)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

Sign up for yoga classes

Hypernyms (to "sign up" is one way to...):

fall in; get together; join (become part of; become a member of a group or organization)

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

enlist (join the military)

Sentence frames:

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

 Context examples 

You need to sign up as soon as you are eligible for Medicare.

(Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

Another way to engage your mind is to sign up for undergraduate or graduate classes to get your degree.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Whether or not you should sign up depends on how good your current coverage is.

(Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

If you feel a course in grammar or creative writing would help, then by all means sign up, and study on weekends or nights.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In the weeks that follow February 23 under this encouraging new moon, you can sign up for graduate school, college, continuing education classes, or you can attend book signings—these possibilities will heighten your creativity.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)