enter

enter: [[t]e̱ntə(r)[/t]]
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enters, entering, entered

1) VERB When you enter a place such as a room or building, you go into it or come into it. [FORMAL]

[V n] He entered the room briskly and stood near the door...

[V n] Before entering the bathroom, he emptied his dirty laundry into the hamper...

As soon as I entered, they stopped and turned my way.

2) VERB If you enter an organization or institution, you start to work there or become a member of it.

[V n] He entered the BBC as a general trainee...

[V n] She entered a convent.

3) VERB If something new enters your mind, you suddenly think about it.

[V n] Whenever thoughts of his baby daughter enter his mind a smile appears on Jeremy's face...

[V n] Dreadful doubts began to enter my mind.

Syn:

cross

4) VERB: with brd-neg If it does not enter your head to do, think or say something, you do not think of doing that thing although you should have done.

[it V n that] It never enters his mind that anyone is better than him...

[it V n to-inf] Though it had always been within her power to detach herself, it had not seriously entered her head to do so.

5) VERB If someone or something enters a particular situation or period of time, they start to be in it or part of it.

[V n] China enters a new five-year plan period next year...

[V n] The war has entered its second month...

[V n] A million young people enter the labour market each year...

[V n] The phrase has already entered the language.

6) VERB If you enter a competition, race, or examination, you officially state that you will compete or take part in it.

[V n] I run so well I'm planning to enter some races...

[V for n] As a boy soprano he entered for many competitions, winning several gold medals...

To enter, simply complete the coupon on page 150.

7) VERB If you enter someone for a race or competition, you officially state that they will compete or take part in it.

[V n for n] His wife Marie secretly entered him for the Championship.

[V-ed] ...some of the 150 projects entered for the awards. [Also V n]

8) VERB If you enter something in a notebook, register, or financial account, you write it down.

[V n with prep/adv] Each week she meticulously entered in her notebooks all sums received...

[V n prep/adv] Prue entered the passage in her notebook, then read it aloud again. [Also V n]

9) VERB To enter information into a computer or database means to record it there, for example by typing it on a keyboard.

[V n into n] When a baby is born, they enter that baby's name into the computer...

[V n into n] Postcodes will be entered into the statisticians' computers...

[V n] A lot less time is now spent entering the data.

Phrasal Verbs:

- enter into

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enter — [ ɑ̃te ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1155; lat. pop. °imputare, de putare « tailler, émonder », avec infl. du gr. emphuton « greffe » 1 ♦ Greffer en insérant un scion. Enter un prunier. Enter en écusson, en fente, en œillet. 2 ♦ Fig. et vx « Ils … Encyclopédie Universelle
enter — en‧ter [ˈentə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] 1. if people or goods enter a country, they arrive there: • A lot of goods are fraudulently and illegally entering the US. 2. COMMERCE if a company enters a market, it starts selling goods or services in that … Financial and business terms
enter — en·ter vi: to go or come in; specif: to go upon real property by right of entry esp. to take possession lessor shall have the right to enter and take possession often used in deeds and leases vt 1: to come or go into he breaks into and enter s a… … Law dictionary
enter — 1 Enter, penetrate, pierce, probe are comparable when meaning to make way into something so as to reach or pass through the interior. Enter (see also ENTER 2) is the most comprehensive of these words and the least explicit in its implications.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Enter — En ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entering}.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare, fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in between, between. See {Inter }, {In}, and cf. {Interior}.] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Enter — or ENTER can mean:* Enter key * Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank, Australian school student assessment * Enter (town), town in the Netherlands * Enter (album), a 1997 album by Within Temptation * Enter (Russian Circles album), a 2006… … Wikipedia
Enter — bezeichnet die Eingabe oder Entertaste auf einer Computertastatur, siehe Eingabetaste die Bezeichnung für einjährige Pferde, siehe Hauspferd Enter, namentlich: Enter (Overijssel), einen Ort in der niederländischen Gemeinde Wierden Enter (Album),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
enter — Enter. v. a. Greffer, faire une ente. Enter un poirier, un pommier. enter franc sur franc. enter sur un sauvageon. enter sur un coignassier. enter en escusson. enter en fente. enter en oeillet. enter en bouton. enter en poupée &c. On dit fig. qu… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
enter — ENTER. v. act. Greffer, faire une ente. Enter un poirier, un pommier. Enter franc sur franc. Enter sur sauvageon. Enter sur un coignassier. Enter en écusson, en fente, en oeillet, en oeil dormant. Enter en bouton. Enter en poupée, etc. f♛/b] On… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
enter — [ent′ər] vt. [ME entren < OFr entrer < L intrare < intra, within, inside: see INTRA ] 1. to come or go in or into 2. to force a way into; penetrate; pierce [the bullet entered his body] 3. to put into; insert 4. to write down in a record … English World dictionary
Enter — En ter, v. i. 1. To go or come in; often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. The year entering. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] No evil thing approach nor enter in. Milton. [1913 Webster] Truth is fallen in the street,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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