enter

[ en-ter ]

/ ˈɛn tər /

verb (used without object)

to come or go in: Knock before you enter.

to be admitted into a school, competition, etc.: Some contestants enter as late as a day before the race.

to make a beginning (often followed by on or upon): We have entered upon a new phase in history.

Theater. to come upon the stage (used in stage directions as the 3rd person imperative singular or plural): Enter Othello, and Iago at a distance.

verb (used with object)

to come or go into: He just entered the building. The thought never entered my mind.

to penetrate or pierce: The bullet entered the flesh.

to put in or insert.

to become a member of; join: to enter a club.

to cause to be admitted, as into a school, competition, etc.: to enter a horse in a race.

to make a beginning of or in, or begin upon; engage or become involved in: He entered the medical profession.

to share in; have an intuitive understanding of: In order to appreciate the novel, one must be able to enter the spirit of the work.

to make a record of; record or register: to enter a new word in a dictionary.

Law.

to make a formal record of (a fact).
to occupy or to take possession of (lands); make an entrance, entry, ingress in, under claim of a right to possession.
to file an application for (public lands).

Computers. to put (a document, program, data, etc.) into a computer system: Enter your new document into the word-processing system.

to put forward, submit, or register formally: to enter an objection to a proposed action; to enter a bid for a contract.

to report (a ship, cargo, etc.) at the custom house.

Verb Phrases

enter into,

to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider: We will enter into the question of inherited characteristics at a future time.
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of: There is another factor that enters into the situation.
to go into a particular state: to enter into a state of suspended animation.

Origin of enter

1200–50; Middle English entren < Old French entrer < Latin intrāre to enter, derivative of intrā within

ANTONYMS FOR enter

1 leave.

7 remove.

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OTHER WORDS FROM enter

en·ter·a·ble, adjective en·ter·er, noun pre·en·ter, verb (used without object) un·en·ter·a·ble, adjective

un·en·tered, adjective well-en·tered, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH enter

enter inter

Words nearby enter

entebbe, entelechy, entellus, entente, entente cordiale, enter, enter into, enter on, enter one's mind, enter the lists, enter-

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Our relationship did not improve as I entered college and developed a raging eating disorder.

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As they entered the street it seemed as if they could hardly pass through.

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They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.'

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Why couldnt you girls have entered a year later or else we a year earlier?

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When the first sale is made, the name and address are entered on one of these cards, and the date indicated in the proper column.

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When my lead dog found him, and raised the yell, all the rest broke to him, but none of them entered his house until we got up.

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British Dictionary definitions for entered

enter

/ (ˈɛntə) /

verb

to come or go into (a place, house, etc)

to penetrate or pierce

(tr) to introduce or insert

to join (a party, organization, etc)

(when intr, foll by into) to become involved or take part (in) to enter a game; to enter into an agreement

(tr) to record (an item such as a commercial transaction) in a journal, account, register, etc

(tr) to record (a name, etc) on a list

(tr) to present or submit to enter a proposal

(intr) theatre to come on stage: used as a stage direction enter Juliet

(when intr, often foll by into, on, or upon) to begin; start to enter upon a new career

(intr often foll by upon) to come into possession (of)

(tr) to place (evidence, a plea, etc) before a court of law or upon the court records

(tr) law

to go onto and occupy (land)
mainly US to file a claim to (public lands)

Derived forms of enter

enterable, adjective enterer, noun

Word Origin for enter

C13: from Old French entrer, from Latin intrāre to go in, from intrā within

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