enter

to come or go into; penetrate: enter a room; enter the bloodstream

Not to be confused with:

inter – place in a grave or tomb: They will inter him tomorrow.

intern – to restrict or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war: They will intern the prisoners at the camp for at least a month.

en·ter

(ĕn′tər)

v. en·tered, en·ter·ing, en·ters

v.tr.

1. To come or go into: The train entered the tunnel.

2. To penetrate; pierce: The bullet entered the victim's skull.

3. To introduce; insert: She entered the probe into the patient's artery.

a. To become a participant, member, or part of; join: too old to enter the army; entered the discussion at a crucial moment.

b. To gain admission to (a school, for example).

5. To cause to become a participant, member, or part of; enroll: entered the children in private school; entered dahlias in a flower show.

6. To embark on; begin: With Sputnik, the Soviet Union entered the space age.

7. To make a beginning in; take up: entered medicine.

8. To write or put in: entered our names in the guest book; enters the data into the computer.

9. To place formally on record; submit: enter a plea of not guilty; enter a complaint.

10. To go to or occupy in order to claim possession of (land).

11. To report (a ship or cargo) to customs.

v.intr.

1. To come or go in; make an entry: As the president entered, the band played "Hail to the Chief."

2. To effect penetration.

3. To become a member or participant.

A key on a keyboard or keypad used to enter or confirm a command or other textual input.

Phrasal Verbs:

enter into

1. To participate in; take an active role or interest in: enter into politics; enter into negotiations.

2. To become party to (a contract): The nations entered into a trade agreement.

3. To become a component of; form a part of: Financial matters entered into the discussion.

4. To consider; investigate: The report entered into the effect of high interest rates on the market.

enter on (or upon)

1. To set out on; begin: We enter on a new era in our history.

2. To begin considering; take up: After discussing the budget deficit, they entered on the problem of raising taxes.

3. To take possession of: She entered upon the estate of her uncle.

[Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrāre, from intrā, inside; see en in Indo-European roots.]

en′ter·a·ble adj.

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enter

(ˈɛntə)

1. to come or go into (a place, house, etc)

2. to penetrate or pierce

3. (tr) to introduce or insert

4. to join (a party, organization, etc)

5. (when: intr, foll by into) to become involved or take part (in): to enter a game; to enter into an agreement.

6. (tr) to record (an item such as a commercial transaction) in a journal, account, register, etc

7. (tr) to record (a name, etc) on a list

8. (tr) to present or submit: to enter a proposal.

9. (Theatre) (intr) theatre to come on stage: used as a stage direction: enter Juliet.

10. (when: intr, often foll by into, on, or upon) to begin; start: to enter upon a new career.

11. (often foll by: upon) to come into possession (of)

12. (Law) (tr) to place (evidence, a plea, etc) before a court of law or upon the court records

13. (Law) (tr) law

a. to go onto and occupy (land)

b. chiefly US to file a claim to (public lands)

[C13: from Old French entrer, from Latin intrāre to go in, from intrā within]

ˈenterable adj

ˈenterer n

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en•ter

(ˈɛn tər)

v.t.

1. to come or go in or into: to enter a room; The thought never entered my mind.

2. to penetrate or pierce: The bullet entered the flesh.

3. to put in or insert.

4. to become a member of; join.

5. to cause to be admitted, as into a school or a competition: to enter a horse in a race.

6. to begin upon; engage or become involved in: to enter the medical profession.

7. to share in; have an intuitive understanding of: able to enter the spirit of the work.

8. to make a record of; record or register.

9. Law.

a. to make a formal record of (a fact).

b. to occupy or take possession of (lands), esp. under rightful claim.

10. to put forward, submit, or register formally: to enter an objection; to enter a bid.

v.i.

11. to come or go in.

12. to be admitted, as into a school or competition.

13. to make a beginning (often fol. by on or upon): to enter upon a new phase in history.

14. to come upon the stage (used in stage directions, often as a 3rd person imperative): Enter Othello.

15. enter into,

a. to participate in; engage in.

b. to investigate; consider.

c. to sympathize with; share in.

d. to form a constituent part or ingredient of.

[1200–50; < Old French entrer < Latin intrāre to enter, derivative of intrā within]

en′ter•a•ble, adj.

en′ter•er, n.

enter

– go into – come into

1. 'enter'

If you enter a room or building, you go into it.

Colonel Rolland entered a small cafe.

Enter can be used without an object.

They stopped talking as soon as they saw Brody enter.

2. 'go into' and 'come into'

Enter is a rather formal word, and you do not usually use it in conversation. Instead you say that someone goes into or comes into a room or building.

He shut the street door behind me as I went in.

Boylan came silently into the room.

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enter

Past participle: entered
Gerund: entering

Imperative
enter
enter

Present
I enter
you enter
he/she/it enters
we enter
you enter
they enter

Preterite
I entered
you entered
he/she/it entered
we entered
you entered
they entered

Present Continuous
I am entering
you are entering
he/she/it is entering
we are entering
you are entering
they are entering

Present Perfect
I have entered
you have entered
he/she/it has entered
we have entered
you have entered
they have entered

Past Continuous
I was entering
you were entering
he/she/it was entering
we were entering
you were entering
they were entering

Past Perfect
I had entered
you had entered
he/she/it had entered
we had entered
you had entered
they had entered

Future
I will enter
you will enter
he/she/it will enter
we will enter
you will enter
they will enter

Future Perfect
I will have entered
you will have entered
he/she/it will have entered
we will have entered
you will have entered
they will have entered

Future Continuous
I will be entering
you will be entering
he/she/it will be entering
we will be entering
you will be entering
they will be entering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been entering
you have been entering
he/she/it has been entering
we have been entering
you have been entering
they have been entering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been entering
you will have been entering
he/she/it will have been entering
we will have been entering
you will have been entering
they will have been entering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been entering
you had been entering
he/she/it had been entering
we had been entering
you had been entering
they had been entering

Conditional
I would enter
you would enter
he/she/it would enter
we would enter
you would enter
they would enter

Past Conditional
I would have entered
you would have entered
he/she/it would have entered
we would have entered
you would have entered
they would have entered

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	enter - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" come in, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into take the field - go on the playing field, of a football team penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" re-enter - enter again; "You cannot re-enter the country with this visa" file in - enter by marching in a file pop in - enter briefly; "He popped in for two minutes" walk in - enter by walking; "She walks in at all hours, as if she lived here" call at, out in - enter a harbor; "the ship called in Athens" take water - enter the water; "the wild ducks took water" turn in - make an entrance by turning from a road; "Turn in after you see the gate" board, get on - get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) intrude, irrupt - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" dock - come into dock; "the ship docked" enter upon, luck into, come upon - take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives" exit, get out, go out, leave - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
	2.	enter - become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations" participate jump - enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game" chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, throw in the towel, throw in, give up, quit - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
	3.	enter - register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" enrol, enroll, recruit, inscribe muster in, draft, enlist - engage somebody to enter the army unionise, unionize - recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers" register - enroll to vote; "register for an election" matriculate - enroll as a student register - record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
	4.	enter - 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?" figure be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	5.	enter - make a record of; set down in permanent form record, put down recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" chalk up, tally - keep score, as in games clock in, clock on, punch in - register one's arrival at work record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing" accession - make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library post - display, as of records in sports games ring up - to perform and record a sale on a cash register; "Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes" manifest - record in a ship's manifest; "each passenger must be manifested" inscribe - write, engrave, or print as a lasting record chronicle - record in chronological order; make a historical record file away, file - place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please" document - record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development" log - enter into a log, as on ships and planes clock up, log up - record a distance travelled; on planes and cars film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" videotape, tape - record on videotape photograph, shoot, snap - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" score, mark - make underscoring marks notch - notch a surface to record something maintain, keep - maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" film - record in film; "The coronation was filmed" save, preserve - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" register - record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions book - record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
	6.	enter - come on stage dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays
	7.	enter - take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" accede ascend - become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" take office - assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?" come after, succeed, follow - be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
	8.	enter - put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" infix, insert, introduce attach - cause to be attached plug in, plug into, connect - plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" penetrate - insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; "Did the molester penetrate the child?" cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate - introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck" input - enter (data or a program) into a computer instil, instill - enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" embed, imbed, implant, plant, engraft - fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" sandwich - insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men" graft, transplant - place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
	9.	enter - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" embark begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" take up - pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"

enter

verb

1. come or go in or into, arrive, set foot in somewhere, cross the threshold of somewhere, make an entrance He entered and stood near the door.
come or go in or into exit, leave, withdraw, go, depart, issue from, take your leave

3. join, start work at, begin work at, sign up for, enrol in, become a member of, enlist in, commit yourself to He entered the company as a junior trainee.
join resign, leave, retire, withdraw, go, pull out, drop out

7. record, note, register, log, list, write down, take down, inscribe, set down, put in writing Prue entered the passage in her notebook, then read it aloud again.

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enter

verb

1. To come or go into (a place):

2. To pass into or through by overcoming resistance:

3. To become a member of:

4. To go about the initial step in doing (something):

approach, begin, commence, embark, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake.

5. To place on a list or in a record:

Translations

vstoupit

gå ind ikomme indkomme ind itilmeldebegynde på

tulla sisään

ući

bemegybevisz

ganga inn eîa inn íhefja starfkoma eîa fara inn eîa inn ískráskrá, færa inn

入る

...에 들어가다

įeitiįrašytileistis įužregistruoti

ieietienāktierakstītiestātiespieteikt

prihlásiť

vnestivstopiti

gå in

เข้า

đi vào

enter

[ˈentəʳ]

enter into VI + PREP

1. (= engage in) [+ agreement] → llegar a; [+ contract] → firmar; [+ relationship, argument] → iniciar; [+ explanation, details] → entrar en; [+ conversation, correspondence, negotiations] → entablar
to enter into the spirit of things → ambientarse
see also partnership A2

2. (= affect) [+ plans, calculations] → influir en
do their wishes enter into your plans at all? → ¿sus deseos influyen para algo en tus planes?
money doesn't enter into it → el dinero no tiene nada que ver

enter on enter upon VI + PREP [+ career] → emprender; [+ period, term of office] → empezar (Comm, Fin) [+ transaction, investment] → realizar

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enter

[ˈɛntə^r]

vi (into room, building) → entrer
"please knock before entering" → "frappez avant d'entrer, svp"

enter for

vt fus [+ competition, race, exam] → s'inscrire à

vt sep
to enter sb for [+ competition, race] → inscrire qn à

enter into

vt fus [+ explanation] → se lancer dans; [+ negotiations] → entamer; [+ debate] → prendre part à; [+ agreement] → passer
to enter into marriage (= get married) → se marier
no correspondence will be entered into → nous ne donnerons suite à aucun courrier
that doesn't enter into it (= isn't relevant) → cela n'a rien à voir

enter up

vt sep [+ figure, total] → inscrire

enter on

enter upon vt fus [+ course of action] → s'engager dans; [+ career] → débuter

enter

(for race, exam etc) → sich melden (for zu)

n (Comput) hit enter → Enter drücken

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enter

[ˈɛntəʳ]

2. vi → entrare
enter Othello (Theatre) → entra Otello
to enter for (competition, race) → iscriversi a

enter into vi + prep

b. (sb's plans, calculations) → rientrare in
that doesn't enter into it → questo non c'entra

enter

(ˈentə) verb

1. to go or come in. Enter by this door.

2. to come or go into (a place). He entered the room.

3. to give the name of (another person or oneself) for a competition etc. He entered for the race; I entered my pupils for the examination.

4. to write (one's name etc) in a book etc. Did you enter your name in the visitors' book?

5. to start in. She entered his employment last week.

enter into

1. to take part in. He entered into an agreement with the film director.

2. to take part enthusiastically in. They entered into the Christmas spirit.

3. to begin to discuss. We cannot enter into the question of salaries yet.

4. to be a part of. The price did not enter into the discussion.

enter on/upon

to begin. We have entered upon the new term.

to enter (not enter into) a room.

enter

→ يَدْخُل vstoupit gå ind i eintreten καταχωρώ entrar, entrar en tulla sisään entrer ući entrare 入る ...에 들어가다 binnenkomen gå inn wejść entrar входить gå in เข้า girmek đi vào 进入

enter

vt. entrar, introducir, penetrar, ingresar.