Enter

/ˈɛntə(ɹ)/ · verb

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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

[…]you can fynde in youre heartes to assaulte her with rebellion, or in any wise [ways] suffer any one eyvil motion to enter into your thoughtes against her?

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.[…]Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.

We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.

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.

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

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