ENTER

record, enter, put down

(verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form

enter, participate

(verb) become a participant; be involved in; “enter a race”; “enter an agreement”; “enter a drug treatment program”; “enter negotiations”

insert, infix, enter, introduce

(verb) put or introduce into something; “insert a picture into the text”

enter

(verb) come on stage

enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into

(verb) to come or go into; “the boat entered an area of shallow marshes”

accede, enter

(verb) take on duties or office; “accede to the throne”

enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit

(verb) register formally as a participant or member; “The party recruited many new members”

figure, enter

(verb) be or play a part of or in; “Elections figure prominently in every government program”; “How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

enter (third-person singular simple present enters, present participle entering, simple past and past participle entered)

(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

(figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).

(transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.

(transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.

(intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.

(law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.

(legal) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.

(transitive, legal) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.

to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.

(transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.

to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).

(transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.

Synonyms

• go in, ingo

• come in

Antonyms

• (intransitive) exit

Noun

enter (plural enters)

(computing) Alternative spelling of Enter

Anagrams

• entre, rente, terne, treen

Noun

Enter (plural Enters)

The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.

A stroke of the Enter key.

Anagrams

• entre, rente, terne, treen

Source: Wiktionary

En"ter-. Etym: [F. entre between, fr. L. inter. See Inter-]

Definition: A prefix signifying between, among, part.

En"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entered; p. pr. & vb. n. Entering.] Etym: [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare, fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in between, between. See Inter-, In, and cf. Interior.]

1. To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea. That darksome cave they enter. Spenser. I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent. Milton.

2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.

3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.

4. To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation.

5. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

6. To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse.

7. (Law) (a) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them. (b) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment. Burrill.

8. To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry,

9. To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf preëmption. [U.S.] Abbott.

10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress."

11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] Shak.

En"ter, v. i.

1. To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. "The year entering." Evelyn. No evil thing approach nor enter in. Milton. Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not enter. Is. lix. 14. For we which have believed do enter into rest. Heb. iv. 3.

2. To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter.

3. To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into. He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for his entering into internal principles of action. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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