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Definition of enrol verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

enrol

verb

/ɪnˈrəʊl/

/ɪnˈrəʊl/

(US English enroll)

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they enrol	/ɪnˈrəʊl/ /ɪnˈrəʊl/
(US English) present simple I / you / we / they enroll	/ɪnˈrəʊl/ /ɪnˈrəʊl/
he / she / it enrols	/ɪnˈrəʊlz/ /ɪnˈrəʊlz/
(US English) he / she / it enrolls	/ɪnˈrəʊlz/ /ɪnˈrəʊlz/
past simple enrolled	/ɪnˈrəʊld/ /ɪnˈrəʊld/
past participle enrolled	/ɪnˈrəʊld/ /ɪnˈrəʊld/
-ing form enrolling	/ɪnˈrəʊlɪŋ/ /ɪnˈrəʊlɪŋ/

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to arrange for yourself or for somebody else to officially join a course, school, etc.
- You need to enrol before the end of August.
- (British English) to enrol on a course
- (North American English) to enroll in a course
- enrol somebody The centre will soon be ready to enrol candidates for the new programme.
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Enrol/enroll is used with these nouns as the object:
student
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Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as inroll): from Old French enroller, from en- ‘in’ + rolle ‘a roll’ (names being originally written on a roll of parchment).

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