enrollment English · revision 15053

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=mid-15th century}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ənˈɹəʊl.mənt/, /ɪnˈɹəʊl.mənt/ ''(UK)''; /ənˈɹol.mənt/, /ɪnˈɹol.mənt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|enrollement]], [[bor|frm|enrollement]],^(MWU 2024)^(Webster's Third 1961) also Anglo-French,^(Etymonline) from [[m|frm|enroller|t=to record in a register]] (see [[enroll]]) and the suffix -ment.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Klein 1966)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of enrolling, an official copy or record of a statute: the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Random House dates it to 1525–35.^(RHWU) The sense of the total number of people enrolled, as in a school, is from 1859, in American English.^(Etymonline) In law it is the act of recording or registering.^(Black's Law 2004)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-15th century – enrollment.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1859 – the number enrolled (US).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act or process of enrolling, or the state of being enrolled.^(AHD)^(MWU 2024)

+ # The number of people enrolled, as in a class or school.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A record or register.^(AHD)^(Chambers 2008)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[preenrollment]]

+ * [[reenrollment]]

+ * [[open enrollment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[enroll]]

+ * [[roll]]

+ * [[register]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The usual British spelling is enrolment.^(Chambers 2008)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}