English Explanatory Dictionary

enter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
To go or come into (a state or profession).
To type (something) into a computer; to input.
To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
To become effective; to come into effect.
To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.
To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).

noun

Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).

noun

The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
A stroke of the Enter key.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛntə(ɹ)/ /ˈɛntɚ/ [ˈɛɾ̃ɚ] [ˈɪɾ̃ɚ] En-uk-to enter.ogg en-us-enter.ogg

Word forms

enter enters entering entered no-table-tags glossary entred enterest entrest enteredst entredst entres entring entre

Etymology

From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō (“enter”, verb), from intrā (“inside”). Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English and the English of many Commonwealth Countries (e.g. Australia, Canada) retain the "re" ending for many words such as centre, fibre, spectre, theatre, calibre, sombre, lustre, and litre.

Synonyms

go in ingo come in

Antonyms

exit

Derived words

abandon hope, all ye who enter here all hope abandon ye who enter here break and enter breaking and entering do not enter enterable enterer entering tone enter into enter into the equation enter key enter on the boards enter the chat enter the equation enter the lists enter the picture enter the scene entrance it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God misenter reenter unentered

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