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en⋅ter

  [en-ter]
Use enter in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to come or go in: Knock before you enter.
2. to be admitted into a school, competition, etc.: Some contestants enter as late as a day before the race.
3. to make a beginning (often fol. by on or upon): We have entered upon a new phase in history.
4. Theater. to come upon the stage (used in stage directions as the 3rd person imperative sing. or pl.): Enter Othello, and Iago at a distance.
–verb (used with object)
5. to come or go into: He just entered the building. The thought never entered my mind.
6. to penetrate or pierce: The bullet entered the flesh.
7. to put in or insert.
8. to become a member of; join: to enter a club.
9. to cause to be admitted, as into a school, competition, etc.: to enter a horse in a race.
10. to make a beginning of or in, or begin upon; engage or become involved in: He entered the medical profession.
11. 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.
12. to make a record of; record or register: to enter a new word in a dictionary.
13. Law.
a. to make a formal record of (a fact).
b. to occupy or to take possession of (lands); make an entrance, entry, ingress in, under claim of a right to possession.
c. to file an application for (public lands).
14. Computers. to put (a document, program, data, etc.) into a computer system: Enter your new document into the word-processing system.
15. to put forward, submit, or register formally: to enter an objection to a proposed action; to enter a bid for a contract.
16. to report (a ship, cargo, etc.) at the custom house.
—Verb phrase
17. enter into,
a. to participate in; engage in.
b. to investigate; consider: We will enter into the question of inherited characteristics at a future time.
c. to sympathize with; share in.
d. to form a constituent part or ingredient of: There is another factor that enters into the situation.
e. to go into a particular state: to enter into a state of suspended animation.
Origin:
1200–50; ME entren < OF entrer < L intrāre to enter, deriv. of intrā within

Related forms:
en⋅ter⋅a⋅ble, adjective
en⋅ter⋅er, noun

Antonyms:
1. leave. 7. remove.

enter-

 
var. of entero- before a vowel: enteritis.

entero-

 
a combining form meaning “intestine,” used in the formation of compound words: enterology.
Also, especially before a vowel, enter-.

Origin:
< Gk, comb. form of énteron intestine
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en·ter   (ěn'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.
    1. To become a participant, member, or part of; join: too old to enter the army; entered the discussion at a crucial moment.
    2. 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 innocence; 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.
Phrasal Verb(s):
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/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

En"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entered; p. pr. & vb. n. Entering.] [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, 4.

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 pre["e]mption. [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.

Enter

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : enter
Spanish: entrar,
German: eintreten,
Japanese: 入る
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enter 
c.1250, from O.Fr. entrer, from L. intrare, from intra "within," related to inter (prep., adj.) "among, between."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: en·ter
Function: intransitive verb
: to go or come in; specifically : to go upon real property by right of entry esp. to take possession enter and take possession> —often used in deeds and leases transitive verb 1 : to come or go into enters a vehicle —Code of Alabama> —see also BREAK, BREAKING AND ENTERING
2 : RECORD, REGISTER
3 : to put in correct form before a court or on a record <entered judgment against the defendant> <entering a plea> —compare RENDER
4 : to go upon (real property) by right of entry esp. to take possession enter the premises> —compare DISTRAIN —en·ter·able adjective —enter into : to make oneself a party to or in enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation —U.S. Constitution article I> <entered into a lease>
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