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enter

[en-ter]

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.

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.

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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.

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).

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.

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Verb phrase

17.

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:
1200–50; Middle English entren < Old French entrer < Latin intrāre to enter, derivative of intrā within

Related forms

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

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well-en·tered, adjective

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Can be confused: enter, inter.

Antonyms
1. leave. 7. remove.

Example Sentences

Let them work for awhile, or enter the military, or learn a trade or skill.

The nation looks likely to enter a long period of malaise.

Enter any names, dates and places you already know into an online family tree.

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Let them work for awhile, or enter the military, or learn a trade or skill.

The nation looks likely to enter a long period of malaise.

Enter any names, dates and places you already know into an online family tree.

Larger meteors burn up as they enter the earth's atmosphere, creating fleeting streaks of light.

After reviewing the contest rules and list of frequently asked questions, you will be fully prepared to enter the contest.

Enter through a blue gate into a walled patio where water gurgles from low fountains.

If for any reason you can't see the form or it doesn't work for you, you can enter here instead.

Many defaulted loans enter repayment at a later date, so it is not a full loss.

But it will likely be a long wait for foreign companies wanting to enter with a controlling stake in retail or legal services.

Each time he visited one of these bungalows, he had to use one pathway to enter and another to leave.

How do you sign up to enter to be in the chili cookoff.

There will be no charge to enter the contest and registration will be open to teams across the globe.

It is what it is, and new students need to enter with their eyes open to it.

Sneak-and-peek warrants allow investigators to enter and search a suspect's house without informing him for several weeks.

Enter robots with personality, capable of developing emotional relationships with humans.

One in four does not realize that a response is required to enter an inquiry pool.

When you fall asleep, you enter an alternative state of consciousness-a time when true inspiration can strike.

The site will then prompt you to enter in your name as well as other email addresses you might use to organize your travel.

Very good, is a good option to enter to human body at the same time to take picture with important information.

It is one of several structures too tainted to enter and, for the moment, too expensive to tear down.

Disease organisms or pest infestations that enter unhealed wounds can also, in time, kill the tree.

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Out on the street, witnesses described what they had seen upstairs when several protesters tried to enter the hearing room.

Rather than go into a bank as an individual, a criminal can enter the system behind a corporate mask.

Therapy clues from fetal cells that enter mom's brain.

Police were afraid to enter many areas as street gangs and guerrilla and paramilitary groups fought for control of neighborhoods.

Oxbow is such a foodie paradise, you almost expect harps to play and angels to flutter as you enter the building.

To enter the contest, comment below with your thoughts on how the movie compared to the comic books.

Professors often enter it defended by crisp syllabuses, lesson plans.

After that, the material would enter the public domain so that anyone could reproduce.

Voters enter their votes via a touch-screen interface.

He was falling for a young opera singer and courting customs at that time would not permit a lady to enter a gentleman's bedroom.

Check out the rest of the article to see how to enter.

Such self-healing composites may take a while to enter everyday use.

Each gets scrutinized at its door before it can enter the cell.

He wants his charges to enter college on an equal footing with their more advantaged peers.

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As he stood in the hallway preparing to enter the campus library through a side.

The structure stands on stilts in a park and visitors enter across a long wooden footbridge.

Enter what you felt during today's earthquake at earthquakeusgsgov to aid geologists.

Enter the snapdragon: not popular on menus, but great at producing flavonoids.

They prepare students to transfer to a four-year college or to immediately enter the work force.

Foreign dairy manufacturers scrambled to enter the market.

They form when a cloud of atoms-sometimes millions or more-all enter the same quantum state and behave as one.

Monorails could enter and leave buildings well above street level and greatly improve access both for everyday use and emergency.

Latinos need to be ready to enter the work force especially in the science and engineering fields, the report found.

The latter students tend to be older and typically enter with some college credits under their belt.

It is a system where the first time you enter a good, a bad, and a mediocre paper.

But anything more than that will really depend on the field you want to enter.

Current students and those who enter next fall will not be affected by the policy change.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

variant of entero- before a vowel: enteritis.

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World English Dictionary

enter (ˈɛntə)

—vb (when intr, foll by into) (when intr, often foll by into, on, or upon) (often foll by upon)
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.	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.	(intr) theatre to come on stage: used as a stage direction: enter Juliet
10.	to begin; start: to enter upon a new career
11.	to come into possession (of)
12.	(tr) to place (evidence, a plea, etc) before a court of law or upon the court records
13.	(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]

'enterable

—*adj*

'enterer

—n

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Word Origin & History

enter

mid-13c., from O.Fr. entrer, from L. intrare, from intra "within," related to inter (prep., adj.) "among, between."

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

enter- pref.
Variant of entero-.

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