Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or process of enrolling.
  • noun The state of being enrolled.
  • noun The number enrolled.
  • noun A record or an entry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of enrolling; registration.
  • noun A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of enrolling or the state of being enrolled
  • noun The people enrolled, considered as a group
  • noun The number of people enrolled
  • noun The record of such enrolling; registration

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time
  • noun the act of enrolling

Etymologies

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enroll +‎ -ment

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Examples

  • Enrollments have dropped steadily throughout this decade: for example at U of T, our enrollment is about half what it was at the peak.

    Reinventing Computer Science | Serendipity 2009

  • Enrollments have dropped steadily throughout this decade: for example at U of T, our enrollment is about half what it was at the peak.

    2009 April | Serendipity 2009

  • Enrollments have dropped steadily throughout this decade: for example at U of T, our enrollment is about half what it was at the peak.

    2009 April 13 | Serendipity 2009

  • The international community's historic commitment to slash worldwide poverty in half by 2015 -- known collectively as the Millennium Development Goals -- has resulted in real advances: Primary school enrollment is up, new cases of preventable diseases are down, and millions of people have climbed out of extreme poverty.

    Martti Ahtisaari: World Leaders Must Address Global Youth Employment Crisis Martti Ahtisaari 2010

  • The international community's historic commitment to slash worldwide poverty in half by 2015 -- known collectively as the Millennium Development Goals -- has resulted in real advances: Primary school enrollment is up, new cases of preventable diseases are down, and millions of people have climbed out of extreme poverty.

    Martti Ahtisaari: World Leaders Must Address Global Youth Employment Crisis Martti Ahtisaari 2010

  • At the University of Washington's Foster School of Business, international enrollment is just 16% for the class of 2012, its lowest in more than a decade.

    B-Schools Redouble Efforts Overseas Diana Middleton 2010

  • A proposal to sell a former Montgomery County high school to the private school that rents it has raised concern among some elected officials, who say the county should not be selling school buildings when enrollment is growing and many classrooms are overcrowded.

    Montgomery officials question sale of high school property to private academy Michael Birnbaum 2010

  • The winter term enrollment figures were the worst ever reported under Strayer's 10-year-old management team, according to BMO Capital Markets analyst Jeff Silber .

    Strayer Blames Bad Press for Low Enrollment Melissa Korn 2011

  • A proposal to sell a former Montgomery County high school to the private school that rents it has raised concern among some elected officials, who say the county should not be selling school buildings when enrollment is growing and many classrooms are overcrowded.

    Montgomery officials question sale of high school property to private academy Michael Birnbaum 2010

  • A proposal to sell a former Montgomery County high school to the private school that rents it has raised concern among some elected officials, who say the county should not be selling school buildings when enrollment is growing and many classrooms are overcrowded.

    Montgomery officials question sale of high school property to private academy Michael Birnbaum 2010

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