enter
[en-ter]
- 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.
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- 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.
- to make a beginning of or in, or begin upon; engage or become involved in: He entered the medical profession.
- 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.
- to make a record of; record or register: to enter a new word in a dictionary.
- Law.
- Computers. to put (a document, program, data, etc.) into a computer system: Enter your new document into the word-processing system.
- to put forward, submit, or register formally: to enter an objection to a proposed action; to enter a bid for a contract.
- to report (a ship, cargo, etc.) at the custom house.
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- 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.
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Origin of enter
1200–50; Middle English entren < Old French entrer < Latin intrāre to enter, derivative of intrā within
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Examples from the Web for entered
Contemporary Examples
Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
Former Gov. Jimmy Carter entered the 1976 Presidential campaign as a more or less total unknown.
The families announced along with it that they had entered a “phase of silence” surrounding the details of the new deal.
A Spaniard by birth, Victor Serna left home shy of his 14th birthday and entered the monastery to become a Marist brother.
Our relationship did not improve as I entered college and developed a raging eating disorder.
Historical Examples
Mrs. Milbrey entered, news of importance visibly animating her.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Thence they entered the inner Ceramicus, where Aspasia resided.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
Mr. Paine looked up as he entered, and had no difficulty in guessing his errand.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Mrs. Rushton was braiding straw when Robert entered with his berries.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
He had entered into the path of dishonesty, and he was forced to keep on in it.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
enter
- to come or go into (a place, house, etc)
- to penetrate or pierce
- (tr) to introduce or insert
- to join (a party, organization, etc)
- (when intr, foll by into) to become involved or take part (in)to enter a game; to enter into an agreement
- (tr) to record (an item such as a commercial transaction) in a journal, account, register, etc
- (tr) to record (a name, etc) on a list
- (tr) to present or submitto enter a proposal
- (intr) theatre to come on stage: used as a stage directionenter Juliet
- (when intr, often foll by into, on, or upon) to begin; startto enter upon a new career
- (intr often foll by upon) to come into possession (of)
- (tr) to place (evidence, a plea, etc) before a court of law or upon the court records
- (tr) law
- to go onto and occupy (land)
- mainly USto file a claim to (public lands)
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French entrer, from Latin intrāre to go in, from intrā within
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Word Origin and History for entered
enter
v.
late 13c., from Old French entrer, from Latin intrare "to go into, enter" (source of Spanish entrar, Italian entrare), from intra "within," related to inter (prep., adj.) "among, between" (see inter-). Related: Entered; entering.
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