enter
UK /ˈɛntə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈɛntɚ/ verb, noun
Also a form of inter
Forms enters entering entered entred enterest entrest enteredst entredst entres entring entre
- verb (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. “You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked.”
- verb (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted. “to enter a knife into a piece of wood”
- verb (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession). “My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year.”
- verb (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input. “Enter your user name and password.”
- verb (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- verb (theater) Used as a stage direction, usually preceding the name of the character who appears.
- verb (figurative) Used in the manner of a stage direction: to enter the picture, to become relevant.
- verb (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- noun The action of entering; an instance of entering.
- noun The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
- noun A stroke of the Enter key.
Synonyms
go in ingo come in get into get in go into move into participate enroll inscribe enrol recruit figure record put down accede insert infix introduce embark
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō (“enter”, verb), from intrā (“inside”). Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English and the English of many Commonwealth Countries (e.g. Australia, Canada) retain the "re" ending for many words such as centre, fibre, spectre, theatre, calibre, sombre, lustre, and litre.
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
- verb To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.
- verb To go or come in; --often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. "The year entering." Evelyn.
- verb 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.
Etymology [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.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “enter”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details