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[ en -ter ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɛn tər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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
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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-entered, adjective
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH enter enter , interWords nearby enter Entebbe, entelechy, entellus, entente, entente cordiale, enter , enteral, enteralgia, enterectasis, enterectomy, entered hound
Definition for enter (2 of 2) variant of entero- before a vowel: enteritis.
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Example sentences from the Web for enter For now, the Egyptian government has issued a statement saying that Clooney is free to enter Egypt “whenever she wants.”
Amal Clooney vs. Egypt’s Courts | Christopher Dickey| January 4, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Even then, most of us doubted he would show up and actually sign the papers allowing him to enter the 1992 New Hampshire primary.
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The moment where they enter the spirit portal symbolizes their evolution from being friends to being a couple.
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Roughly one out of every 33 women who enter the federal prison system is pregnant.
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In contrast to so many of those who were drafted, the players did not enter the Vietnam War reluctantly.
A West Point MVP Who Never Played a Down | Nicolaus Mills| December 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Strangers who come at this time of day at once enter the family circle.
Historic Highways of America (Vol. 12) | Archer Butler Hulbert
No officer of the Italian government was to enter the Lateran or Vatican palaces upon any official mission.
An Introduction to the History of Western Europe | James Harvey Robinson
I was in a corner of the lower end, when I saw Dubois enter in a stout coat, with his ordinary bearing.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete | Duc de Saint-Simon
As soon as the slave saw him enter , she ran to inform her mistress.
Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World | Anonymous
With the war effectually over we enter a new economic era, and its immediate effect on prices is difficult to anticipate.
Herbert Hoover | Vernon Kellogg
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British Dictionary definitions for enter 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) SEE MORE SEE LESS
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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Words related to enter introduce, get in, penetrate, come in, arrive, invade, infiltrate, go in, start, begin, join, open, admit, insert, pierce, probe, intrude, sneak, access, insinuate
Medical definitions for enter The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.