ENTERED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

entered

verb

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past tense of enter

as in penetrated

to go or come in or into the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution

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as in joined

to become a member of patriotic young men and women entering the armed services debutantes entering society

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as in recorded

to put (someone or something) on a list new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database

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deleted

as in received

to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to the club enters only five new members a year

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Recent Examples of entered Eric Celedon said authorities learned that an unidentified man entered the bank and remained inside with an unknown number of community members. —

Greg Wehner , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 Business operators entered into six-month lease agreements with their landlords, had at least 80% of their rent subsidized and received a grant of up to $10,000 to open, according to an email from the city’s neighborhood services department. —

Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026 The Tigers, who entered play with the lowest batting average and OPS in the American League, extended the lead to 8-2 with homers in the fifth and sixth off reliever Trevor Martin. —

Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026 Holloway also announced in March that the group had entered an agreement to purchase additional equity in Climate Pledge Arena from Oak View Group, and would make the organization the majority owner of the building. —

Andrew Destin, Fortune, 2 June 2026 It was vetoed, the override failed, and Chicago entered another summer with the same insufficient tools as the last. —

Desmon Yancy, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026 The Crutchfields entered into a contract with a company called Home Tax Solutions to pay more than $29,000 in delinquent taxes on the three properties. —

Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026 Hello Sanctos entered the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ in 2015 on the cusp of history. —

Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 27 May 2026 Yoendrys Gómez then entered in for the bottom of the inning, picking up his second save as a Twin. —

Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026

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So, what began as outside advocacy has now penetrated the legislative process itself whereby trial lawyers are attempting to co-opt the bill for their own agenda.

— David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
More than 100 small rocks, and countless fragments of metal, had penetrated his face, neck, shoulders, and extremities.

— Martha Raddatz, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026