sign up meaning

sign up as a verb

1. engage by written agreement
   • They signed two new pitchers for the next season

   Synonyms: sign, contract, sign on

   Type of: hire

   Kinds: contract out

2. join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate
   • Sign up for yoga classes

   Type of: join

   Kinds: enlist

sign up in a sentence

• Is it the right place to sign up for foreign language courses?
• I'm going to sign up for a French class next semester.
• If you are a regular, please sign up for our newsletter.
• Tomorrow we go to school to sign up for the classes we want to take.
• I'd like to sign up for the baseball team.

How to pronounce sign up

sign up is pronounced /saɪn ʌp/ in British English and /saɪn ʌp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.