'Enter' definitions:

Definition of 'enter'

From: WordNet
verb
To come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" [syn: enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into] [ant: exit, get out, go out, leave]
verb
Become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations" [syn: enter, participate] [ant: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel]
verb
Register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit]
verb
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?" [syn: figure, enter]
verb
Make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: record, enter, put down]
verb
Come on stage
verb
Take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn: accede, enter]
verb
Put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" [syn: insert, infix, enter, introduce]
verb
Set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" [syn: embark, enter]

Definition of 'Enter'

From: GCIDE
  • Enter \En"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entered; p. pr. & vb. n. Entering.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare, fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in between, between. See Inter-, In, and cf. Interior.]
  • 1. To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea. [1913 Webster]
  • That darksome cave they enter. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Law) (a) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them. (b) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry, 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf pre["e]mption. [U.S.] --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress." [1913 Webster]
  • 11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Enter'

From: GCIDE
  • Enter \En"ter\, v. i.
  • 1. To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. "The year entering." --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
  • No evil thing approach nor enter in. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not enter. --Is. lix. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • For we which have believed do enter into rest. --Heb. iv. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into. [1913 Webster]
  • He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for his entering into internal principles of action. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'enter'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Enter'