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sign up Meaning & Definition

What Does Sign Up Mean?

Sign Up is used as a verb meaning To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. It can also mean To add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something (including amateur, but not professional, teams).

Sign Up Definition (Verb)

  1. To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.

    We signed Bob up for kitchen cleanup duty.

  2. To add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something (including amateur, but not professional, teams).

    Terry signed up for the soccer team.

  3. To agree to purchase some good or service.

    After much deliberation we decided to sign up for satellite TV.

  4. To enlist in the armed forces.

    Didn't you hear? He's just signed up!

Synonyms of Sign Up

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Sign Up in a Sentence

We signed Bob up for kitchen cleanup duty.

Terry signed up for the soccer team.

After much deliberation we decided to sign up for satellite TV.

Didn't you hear? He's just signed up!

We signed up Bob for kitchen cleanup duty.

Word Forms & Grammar

sign up (third-person singular simple present signs up, present participle signing up, simple past and past participle signed up)

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