verb · neutral
enrol
UK/ɪnˈrɒl/US/ɪnˈroʊl/en·ROL
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to officially join a course or institution as a student
Examples
“She decided to enrol on a part-time course at the community college.”
“You must enrol before the start of the semester.”
“He enrolled at the university last September.”
Band 8 sentence
“I plan to enrol in a postgraduate course next autumn to specialise in environmental management.”
Collocations
- enrol on a course
- be enrolled at/in
Word family
enrol verbenrolment nounenrolled adjective/verb
Common mistakes
sign up→enrol
enroll (US spelling) used in UK writing→enrol
Say it for a higher band
5sign up→6register→7+enrol
Synonyms
register
sign up
Easily confused
register
“You must register your attendance with the receptionist when you arrive.”
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