'Entering' definitions:
Definition of 'entering'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Entering'
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 'entering'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'entering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- approaching,
- arriving,
- booking,
- cataloging,
- chronicling,
- coming,
- enlistment,
- enrollment,
- entry,
- homeward,
- homeward-bound,
- impanelment,
- in,
- inbound,
- incoming,
- indexing,
- inflooding,
- inflowing,
- ingoing,
- ingressive,
- inpouring,
- inscribing,
- inscription,
- insertion,
- intrusive,
- invasive,
- inventorying,
- inward,
- inward-bound,
- irruptive,
- listing,
- logging,
- matriculation,
- posting,
- record keeping,
- recordation,
- recording,
- register,
- registration,
- registry,
- tabulation