Enter

Quick meaning: Enter is a verb meaning (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

Meaning

(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
2. (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
3. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
4. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
5. (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
6. (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
7. (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.

Example Sentences

to enter a knife into a piece of wood

to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year.

You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked.

Word Forms

• enters
• entering
• entered
• entred
• enterest
• entrest
• enteredst
• entredst
• entres
• entring
• entre

Synonyms for enter

Depending on context, synonyms include ingo, figure, introduce, enroll, inscribe, participate.

Antonyms for enter

Common opposites include exit, give up, quit, get out, leave, throw in.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include participate, introduce, recruit, insert, enroll, get in.

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