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- DictionaryEn·ter/ˈen(t)ər/
verb
- 1. come or go into (a place): "she entered the kitchen"
- 2. begin to be involved in: "in 1941 America entered the war"
noun
- 1. a key on a computer keyboard which is used to perform various functions, such as executing a command or selecting options on a menu.
- [intransitive, transitive] (not usually used in the passive) (formal) to come or go into something. Knock before you enter. Enter Hamlet (= for example as stage directions in the text of a play).
- [transitive, intransitive] to put your name on the list for an exam, a race, a competition, etc.; to do this for somebody. enter something Over a thousand children entered the competition.
- [transitive] enter something to begin or become involved in an activity, a situation, etc. Several new firms have now entered the market. The US entered the war in 1917.
- [transitive, no passive] enter something (formal) to become a member of an institution; to start working in an organization or a profession. to enter a school/college/university.
verb (used with object) to come or go into: He just entered the building. The thought never entered my mind. to penetrate or pierce: The bullet entered the flesh. to put in or insert. Antonyms: remove. to become a member of; join: to enter a club. to cause to be admitted, as into a school, competition, etc.: to enter a horse in a race.
a place of ingress or entrance, especially an entrance hall or vestibule. permission or right to enter; access. the act of entering or recording something in a book, register, list, etc. the statement, item, etc., so entered or recorded. Synonyms: jotting, memo, note, record.
ENTER definition: 1. to come or go into a place: 2. to put information into a computer, book, or document: 3. to…. Learn more.
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Alternative forms
1. entre (archaic, before circa 1700)
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.
Pronunciation
1. (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛntə(ɹ)/ 2. (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛntɚ/, [ˈɛɾ̃ɚ] 2.1. (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [ˈɪɾ̃ɚ] 3. Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ) 4. Homophone: inner (pin-pen merger) 5. Hyphenation: en‧ter
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish entero (displacing older Catalan forms such as entegre), from Latin integrum. Compare Occitan entièr, French entier, Spanish entero. Doublet of íntegre, a later borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ənˈter] 2. IPA(key): (Valencian) [enˈter]
Adjective
enter (feminine entera, masculine plural enters, feminine plural enteres) 1. entire, whole, complete 1.1. Synonym: sencer
Etymology
From English Enter.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈent(ː)er/, [ˈe̞n̪t̪(ː)e̞r] 2. Rhymes: -enter 3. Syllabification(key): en‧ter
Noun
enter 1. Enter (computer key)
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *imptāre, contraction of *imputāre (“to graft”) (unrelated to Latin imputō (“to reckon, attribute”)), from inpotus (attested in Salic Law), from Ancient Greek ἔμφυτος (émphutos, “planted”). The Greek word may have actually reached Gaul through traders at the Mediterranean coastal colonies before the Roman conquest.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ɑ̃.te/
Verb
enter 1. (agriculture) to graft 2. to implant
Alternative forms
1. entar
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *enter (“between”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). Cognates include Celtiberian entara (“between”), Old Irish eter (“between”) (Irish idir (“between, both”)), Latin inter (“between”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), and Old High German untar (“between”).
Preposition
enter 1. between, among
Verb
enter 1. inflection of entern: 1.1. first-person singular present 1.2. singular imperative
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈɛn.tɛr/ 2. Rhymes: -ɛntɛr 3. Syllabification: en‧ter
Noun
enter m inan 1. (computing) Enter (key on a computer keyboard)
Further reading
1. enterin Polish dictionaries at PWN
verb (used with object) to come or go into: He just entered the building. The thought never entered my mind. to penetrate or pierce: The bullet entered the flesh. to put in or insert. to become a member of; join: to enter a club. to cause to be admitted, as into a school, competition, etc.: to enter a horse in a race.
Define Enter. Enter is a verb that means to go or come into a place or situation. It can also mean to begin involvement in an activity or to become a member of a group or organization. For example: He entered the room quietly. She entered the race to raise money for charity. They entered into a business partnership. Define Entry
