enrollment

noun

variants also enrolment
Definition of enrollmentnext
as in registration
the number of individuals registered the school's enrollment currently stands at 500

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Recent Examples of enrollment The Palm Beach County school district lost almost 7,000 students over the last year, according to district data, joining two other South Florida school districts that have also experienced significant declines in enrollment. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 The new opinion only applies proactively, not to past enrollments in TANF and SSI. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Cabarrus ranks eighth in enrollment among North Carolina school systems. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026 Watch trends throughout the year, not just at the big moments like annual enrollment or mid-year reviews. — Marcy Klipfel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Greenway bought its campus in 2023 from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, which had mostly gone remote by then and would be acquired a year later by the California Institute of the Arts after enrollment declines and multimillion-dollar deficits. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 The show has been credited with boosting enrollment at HBCUs. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Bristol Myers has also voluntarily paused enrollment in autoimmune trials evaluating its own CAR-T treatment zola-cel. — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026 The change will lower enrollment in Douglass Middle School, which is currently at 78% of capacity, and Pioneer High School, which is 90% full. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enrollment
  1. registration
  2. membership
Noun
  • On top of the $255 registration fee, the 26-year-old bartender also had to pay for a background check, scrubs, a stethoscope, special shoes and a state certification exam — all while working half as much to make time for her classes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The bill would void any existing lobbyists’ certification immediately if they are convicted of corruption and require them to withdraw their lobbying registration with the Fair Political Practices Commission immediately after conviction.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of registration
Noun
  • The practice has long been controversial, although the church says that ancestors’ names are not added to its membership records.
    — Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Such groups may include perennial nomads (such as the Roma in Europe), Indigenous peoples in former European colonies, or smaller tribes in societies where tribal membership is socially significant.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of membership

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“Enrollment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enrollment. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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