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en·ter  (ntr)

v. en·tered, en·ter·ing, en·ters

v.tr.

1. To come or go into: The train entered the tunnel.

2. To penetrate; pierce: The bullet entered the victim's skull.

3. To introduce; insert: She entered the probe into the patient's artery.

4.

a. To become a participant, member, or part of; join: too old to enter the army; entered the discussion at a crucial moment.

b. To gain admission to (a school, for example).

5. To cause to become a participant, member, or part of; enroll: entered the children in private school; entered dahlias in a flower show.

6. To embark on; begin: With Sputnik, the Soviet Union entered the space age.

7. To make a beginning in; take up: entered medicine.

8. To write or put in: entered our names in the guest book; enters the data into the computer.

9. To place formally on record; submit: enter a plea of innocence; enter a complaint.

10. To go to or occupy in order to claim possession of (land).

11. To report (a ship or cargo) to customs.

v.intr.

1. To come or go in; make an entry: As the President entered, the band played "Hail to the Chief."

2. To effect penetration.

3. To become a member or participant.

Phrasal Verbs:

enter into

1. To participate in; take an active role or interest in: enter into politics; enter into negotiations.

2. To become party to (a contract): The nations entered into a trade agreement.

3. To become a component of; form a part of: Financial matters entered into the discussion.

4. To consider; investigate: The report entered into the effect of high interest rates on the market.

enter on/upon

1. To set out on; begin: We enter on a new era in our history.

2. To begin considering; take up: After discussing the budget deficit, they entered on the problem of raising taxes.

3. To take possession of: She entered upon the estate of her uncle.

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[Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrre, from intr, inside; see en in Indo-European roots.]

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enter·a·ble adj.

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enter

Verb

1. to come or go into (a particular place): he entered the room

2. to join (a party or organization)

3. to become involved in or take part in: 1500 schools entered the competition

4. to become suddenly present or noticeable in: a note of anxiety entered his voice

5. to record (an item) in a journal or list

6. Theatre to come on stage: used as a stage direction: enter Joseph

7. to begin (a new process or period of time): the occupation of the square has entered its eleventh day [Latin intrare]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	enter - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" come in, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into take the field - go on the playing field, of a football team penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" re-enter - enter again; "You cannot re-enter the country with this visa" file in - enter by marching in a file pop in - enter briefly; "He popped in for two minutes" walk in - enter by walking; "She walks in at all hours, as if she lived here" call at, out in - enter a harbor; "the ship called in Athens" take water - enter the water; "the wild ducks took water" turn in - make an entrance by turning from a road; "Turn in after you see the gate" board, get on - get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) intrude, irrupt - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" dock - come into dock; "the ship docked" enter upon, luck into, come upon - take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives" exit, get out, go out, leave - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
	2.	enter - become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations" participate jump - enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game" chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, throw in the towel, throw in, give up, quit - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
	3.	enter - register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" enrol, enroll, recruit, inscribe muster in, draft, enlist - engage somebody to enter the army unionise, unionize - recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers" register - enroll to vote; "register for an election" matriculate - enroll as a student register - record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
	4.	enter - be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" figure be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	5.	enter - make a record of; set down in permanent form record, put down recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" chalk up, tally - keep score, as in games clock in, clock on, punch in - register one's arrival at work record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing" accession - make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library post - display, as of records in sports games ring up - to perform and record a sale on a cash register; "Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes" manifest - record in a ship's manifest; "each passenger must be manifested" inscribe - write, engrave, or print as a lasting record chronicle - record in chronological order; make a historical record file away, file - place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please" document - record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development" log - enter into a log, as on ships and planes clock up, log up - record a distance travelled; on planes and cars film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" videotape, tape - record on videotape photograph, shoot, snap - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" score, mark - make underscoring marks notch - notch a surface to record something maintain, keep - maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" film - record in film; "The coronation was filmed" save, preserve - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" register - record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions book - record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
	6.	enter - come on stage dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays
	7.	enter - take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" accede ascend - become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" take office - assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?" come after, succeed, follow - be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
	8.	enter - put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" infix, insert, introduce attach - cause to be attached plug in, plug into, connect - plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" penetrate - insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; "Did the molester penetrate the child?" cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate - introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck" input - enter (data or a program) into a computer instil, instill - enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" embed, imbed, implant, plant, engraft - fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" sandwich - insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men" graft, transplant - place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
	9.	enter - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" embark begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" take up - pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"

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enter

verb 1. come or go in or into, arrive, set foot in somewhere, cross the threshold of somewhere, make an entrance << OPPOSITE exit

2. penetrate, get in, insert into, pierce, pass into, perforate

verb 3. join, start work at, begin work at, sign up for, enrol in, become a member of, enlist in, commit yourself to << OPPOSITE leave

4. participate in, join (in), be involved in, get involved in, play a part in, partake in, associate yourself with, start to be in

5. begin, start, take up, move into, set about, commence, set out on, embark upon

6. compete in, contest, take part in, join in, fight, sign up for, go in for

verb 7. record, note, register, log, list, write down, take down, inscribe, set down, put in writing

verb 8. submit, offer, present, table, register, lodge, tender, put forward, proffer

Translations

enter [ˈɛntəʳ] vt [+ room, profession] → entrar en [+ club]; hacerse socio de [+ army]; alistarse en [+ sb for a competition]; inscribir (= write down); anotar, apuntar;

(COMPUT) → introducir

vi → entrar;

to enter for vt fus → presentarse a;

to enter into vt fus [+ relations] → establecer [+ plans]; formar parte de [+ debate]; tomar parte en [+ negotiations]; entablar [+ agreement]; llegar a, firmar;

to enter (up)on vt fus [+ career] → emprender

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enter [ˈɛntəʳ] vt [+ room] → entrer dans, pénétrer dans [+ club, army]; entrer à [+ profession]; embrasser [+ competition]; s'inscrire à or pour [+ sb for a competition]; (faire) inscrire (= write down); inscrire, noter;

(Comput) → entrer, introduire

vi → entrer

enter for vt fus → s'inscrire à, se présenter pour or à

enter into vt fus [+ explanation] → se lancer dans [+ negotiations]; entamer [+ debate]; prendre part à [+ agreement]; conclure

enter on vt fus → commencer

enter up vt → inscrire

enter upon vt fus = enter on

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enter [ˈɛntəʳ] vt → betreten;

(club) → beitreten +dat;

(army) → gehen zu;

(profession) → ergreifen;

(race, contest) → sich beteiligen an +dat;

(sb for a competition) → anmelden;

(write down) → eintragen;

(Comput) (data) → eingeben

vi (come in) → hereinkommen;

(go in) → hineingehen

enter for enter vt fus → anmelden für

enter into enter vt fus (discussion, negotiations) → aufnehmen;

(correspondence) → treten in +acc;

(agreement) → schließen

enter up enter vt → eintragen

enter (up)on enter vt fus (career, policy) → einschlagen

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enter [ˈɛntəʳ] vt (gen) → entrare in [+ club]; associarsi a [+ profession]; intraprendere [+ army]; arruolarsi in [+ competition]; partecipare a [+ sb for a competition]; iscrivere (= write down); registrare;

(COMPUT) [+ data]; introdurre, inserire

vi → entrare

enter for vt fus → iscriversi a

enter into vt fus [+ explanation] → cominciare a dare [+ debate]; partecipare a [+ agreement]; concludere [+ negotiations]; prendere parte a

enter (up)on vt fus → cominciare