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enter
1[ en-ter ]
verb (used without object)
- to come or go in:
Knock before you enter.
Antonyms:
- 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.
Antonyms:
- 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 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 phrase
- 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.
enter-
2- variant of entero- before a vowel:
enteritis.
enter
/ ˈɛԳə /
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)
- whenintr, foll by into to become involved or take part (in)
to enter into an agreement
to enter a game
- 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
- whenintr, often foll by into, on, or upon to begin; start
to enter upon a new career
- introften foll byupon 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)
- to file a claim to (public lands)
Derived Forms
- ˈԳٱ, adjective
- ˈԳٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- t·· adjective
- t· noun
- ·t verb (used without object)
- un·t·· adjective
- ܲ·t adjective
- ɱ-t adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of enter1
Word History and Origins
Origin of enter1
Example Sentences
The historic vote came as roughly 55,000 county workers entered the first full day of a two-day strike, accusing the county of slow-rolling contract negotiations and bringing paltry offers to the bargaining table.
The two countries were expected to enter talks about a new economic and security relationship after Monday's vote.
As someone who, over the past few years, also entered their bird era, this book really spoke to me.
This week, Kneecap's album entered the iTunes chart in Italy, Brazil and Germany for the first time.
The introduction of tariffs, which are taxes levied on goods as they enter a country and paid for by the importer, threatens decades of collaborations between the nations.
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