- enter
- [[t]e̱ntə(r)[/t]]
♦♦enters, entering, entered1) 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: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.
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English dictionary. 2008.