Enter
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈɛntə(ɹ)/
- US IPA: /ˈɛntɚ/, ˈɛɾ̃ɚ
- pin-pen IPA: ˈɪɾ̃ɚ
- Rhymes: -ɛntə(r)
- Homophones: inner pin-pen merger
- Hyphenation: en + ter
Alternative forms
- entre archaic, before circa 1700
Origin
From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrÅ, from intrÄ ("inside"). Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English retains the "re" ending for many words such as centre, fibre, spectre, theatre, calibre, sombre, lustre, and litre.
Full definition of enter
Verb
- to go into (a room, etc.).You should knock before you enter my room, unless you want to see me naked.
- 1555, John Proctor, The historie of Wyates rebellion, with the order and maner of resisting the same, ..., ... you can fynde in youre heartes to assaulte her with rebellion, or in any wise ways suffer any one eyvil motion to enter into your thoughtes against her?
- Authorized Version|John|3|5Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
- (transitive) 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 woodto enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.
- (figuratively) To 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.
- 2013-06-28, Joris Luyendijk, Our banks are out of control, 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".
- (theater) To come onto the stage; to appear on stage.
- 2012, Annette Lust, Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen: Expressive Movement for Performers, A young man enters from stage left and smiles at the nanny, who ignores him and quickly exits stage right.
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
- Enter your user name and password.
- to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- 2003, A. Mukherjee and M. Hanif, Financial Accounting, Each amount entered in the debit column of the journal is posted by entering it on the credit side/column of of an account in the ledger.
- (law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- I am pleased to notify the Congress of my intent to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of Singapore.
- (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- 2005, United Nations, Dispositions Législatives Et Réglementaires Nationales Relatives À la Prévention Et À L'élimination Du Terrorisme International, This Act shall enter into force on 01 March 1998.
- (legal) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (legal) 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.
- (US) 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.1887 , United States General Land Office, Annual Report of the Commissioner of General Land Office, Under existing laws governing the qualifications of an alien to enter 160 acres or more of the public domain he is only required to file his declaration of intent to become a citizen.
- to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).entered according to act of Congress
- (obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
Antonyms
- intransitive exit