Definition of enter
entered;
entering
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\ˈen-t(ə-)riŋ\
intransitive verb
1
:to go or come in
2
:to come or gain admission into a group :join
—often used with into
3 a
:to make a beginning
- entering upon a career
b
:to begin to consider a subject
—usually used with into or upon
4
:to go upon land for the purpose of taking possession
5 a
:to come onstage
—usually used in the subjunctive as a stage direction
- enter Hamlet reading
b
:to come into a preestablished situation or context like an actor coming onstage
—usually used in the subjunctive
- enter the new principal with her radical ideas
6
:to play a part :be a factor
- other considerations enter when money is involved
transitive verb
1
:to come or go into
- enter a room
3
:to cause to be received or admitted
- enter a child at a school
4
:to put in :insert
- enter the new data into the computer
5 a
:to make a beginning in
- enter politics
b
:to go into (a particular period of time)
- enter middle age
6
:to become a member of or an active participant in
- enter the university
- enter a race
7
:to make report of (a ship or its cargo) to customs authorities
8
:to place in proper form before a court of law or upon record
- enter a writ
9
:to go into or upon and take actual possession of (something, such as land)
10
:to put formally on record
- entering a complaint
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enter into
1
:to make oneself a party to or in
- enter into an agreement
2
:to form or be part of
- your prejudices shouldn't enter into it
3
:to participate or share in
- enter into the spirit of the occasion
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enter the lists
:to engage in a fight or struggle
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