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enters - 2 dictionary results

en⋅ter

  [en-ter]
Use enters 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.
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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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