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enter

/ˈɛntə(ɹ)/

noun

Meaning

  • The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.

  • A stroke of the Enter key.

verb

Meaning

  • To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

    "You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked."

  • To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

    "to enter a knife into a piece of wood;  to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc."

  • To go or come into (a state or profession).

    "My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year.  She had planned to enter the legal profession."

  • To type (something) into a computer; to input.

    "Enter your user name and password."

  • To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.

  • To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.

  • To become effective; to come into effect.

  • To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.

  • To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.

    "to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment"

  • To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.

  • To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.

  • To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).

    "entered according to act of Congress"

  • To initiate; to introduce favourably.

Synonyms

come in,
go in,
ingo