What does enrolment mean?
Word: Enrolment
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Enrolment means the act of officially putting your name on the list of a school, course or club, or the number of people who have joined.
Synonyms: admission, enlistment
Antonyms: withdrawal
How do you spell enrolment?
Syllables: en - rol - ment
Tricky part: British English spells the verb enrol with one l, and the noun keeps that single l; American English doubles it.
Watch out for: inrolment, enrolement
Memory tip: British English writes enrol with one l, and the l stays single when the noun ending is added.
Enrolment in a sentence
Example 1: Enrolment for the new session begins in the first week of April.
Example 2: The school's enrolment has grown to almost two thousand students.
Example 3: Bring your birth certificate and two photographs on the day of enrolment.
Fun Fact
Enrol comes from an old French phrase meaning to write a name on a roll; long ago official lists were written on long sheets of parchment that were kept rolled up.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
enrol____
a) ment
b) mant
c) mint
d) mente
Show answer
a) ment. Enrol takes the noun ending ment, as in payment and agreement.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) grammer
b) excelent
c) enrolment
d) attendence
Show answer
c) enrolment. Attendance, excellent and grammar have each lost or changed a letter; enrolment is right in British spelling.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
enrolment
a) promotion
b) registration
c) examination
d) graduation
Show answer
b) registration. Enrolling and registering both mean putting your name on an official list.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nmeltrone
a) endowment
b) employment
c) enrichment
d) enrolment
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d) enrolment. Enrichment needs an i, a c and an h, employment a p and a y, and endowment a d and a w; the nine letters here make enrolment.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A rise in a school's enrolment means ____.
a) the fees have gone down
b) the building is older
c) the school has more pupils
d) fewer teachers are working
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c) the school has more pupils
2. Which notice is about enrolment?
a) The library will close early on Friday.
b) Lost: a blue water bottle near the canteen.
c) Admission forms for Class 1 are now at the office.
d) Sports Day has been moved to March this year.
Show answer
c) Admission forms for Class 1 are now at the office.
