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Enter

//ˈɛntɚ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”). alt-of, alternative
2
The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
3
Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”). alt-of, alternative
4
A stroke of the Enter key.

Verb

1
To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. intransitive
"You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked."
2
set out on (an enterprise or subject of study) wordnet
3
To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted. transitive
"to enter a knife into a piece of wood"
4
make a record of; set down in permanent form wordnet
5
To go or come into (a state or profession). figuratively
"My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year."

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6
become a participant; be involved in wordnet
7
To type (something) into a computer; to input. transitive
"Enter your user name and password."
8
put or introduce into something wordnet
9
To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc. transitive
"Each amount entered in the debit column of the journal is posted by entering it on the credit side/column of an account in the ledger."
10
come on stage wordnet
11
To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc. intransitive
"I am pleased to notify the Congress of my intent to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of Singapore."
12
to come or go into wordnet
13
To become effective; to come into effect. intransitive
"This Act shall enter into force on 01 March 1998."
14
take on duties or office wordnet
15
To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
16
register formally as a participant or member wordnet
17
To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order transitive
"to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment"
18
be or play a part of or in wordnet
19
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.
20
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. US, dated, historical, transitive
"Under existing laws governing the qualifications of an alien to enter 160 acres or more of the public domain he is only required to file his declaration of intent to become a citizen."
21
To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
"entered according to act of Congress"
22
To initiate; to introduce favourably. obsolete, transitive
"This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings, / Shall enter me with him."
23
To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up. formal, intransitive
"[…] I entered, that same day, on a regular occupation of pushing Miss Havisham in this chair […] round her own room, and across the landing, and round the other room."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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