enter
//ˈɛntə(ɹ)//
Forms
- present (v1)
- enter
- past (v2)
- entered
- past participle (v3)
- entered
- present participle
- entering
- 3rd person singular
- enters
- Plural
- enters
Definitions
1.To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked.
- Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
2.To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- He warned us not to enter the room.
- Tom didn't hear Mary enter the room.
- Tom was the last to enter.
3.To go or come into (a state or profession).
- She had planned to enter the legal profession.
- My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year.
- Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. … But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining".
4.To type (something) into a computer; to input.
- Enter your user name and password.
1.The action of entering; an instance of entering.
2.Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
3.Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).
4.The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #817
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō (“enter”, verb), from intrā (“inside”).
Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English and the English of many Commonwealth Countries (e.g.