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.

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-

Example sentences from the Web for unentered

The chapel which had been wont to recall Lambert most painfully to her mind was now unentered.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, v. 3, number 18 |Various
A search performed by the jerquer of the customs, after a vessel is unloaded, to see that no unentered goods have been concealed.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth
If I might keep the bare room sacred to my meditations, all unentered save by myself!

Jewel Weed |Alice Ames Winter
Corrected plats, showing the unentered lands of each township which we were directed to examine, were sent to us.

The Pioneer Woodsman as He is Related to Lumbering in the Northwest |George Henry Warren

On some days much good vacant (unentered) pine was found, and on other days none at all.

The Pioneer Woodsman as He is Related to Lumbering in the Northwest |George Henry Warren

British Dictionary definitions for unentered (1 of 2)

unentered

/ (ʌnˈɛntəd) /

adjective

not having been entered previously

(of hounds) not having been put into a pack yet

British Dictionary definitions for unentered (2 of 2)

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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enter

verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

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OTHER WORDS FROM enter

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH enter

Words nearby enter

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