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sign up for meaning and examples

2025-09-29

Meaning

  • Sign up for means to officially register, enroll, or agree to participate in an activity, service, course, or event.

Grammar and Usage

  • Part of speech: Phrasal verb
  • Pattern: sign up for + noun
    • Used with objects such as classes, events, services, memberships, activities.
  • The subject is the person enrolling or registering.

Examples of sentence structure

  • Somebody signs up for something
    e.g., "She signed up for the yoga class."

Common Phrases

  • sign up for a class
  • sign up for a course
  • sign up for a membership
  • sign up for a newsletter
  • sign up for military service

Collocations

  • verb + noun: sign up for school, sign up for training, sign up for lessons
  • noun + verb: participants sign up for an event

Examples

  1. I decided to sign up for a Spanish course this semester.
  2. Many people signed up for the marathon in Tokyo.
  3. You should sign up for the workshop before it’s full.
  4. She signed up for free online classes during the summer.
  5. He signed up for military service after finishing high school.
  6. We signed up for the gym membership together.
  7. Did you already sign up for the volunteer program?
  8. Thousands of users have signed up for the new streaming service.
  • enroll in
  • register for
  • apply for
  • join

Antonym

  • withdraw from
  • opt out of
  • cancel