enter

Meaning

Verb

1. To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
2. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
3. To go or come into (a state or profession).
4. To type (something) into a computer; to input.
5. To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
6. To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
7. To become effective; to come into effect.
8. To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
9. To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
13. (obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”)
2. Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”)

Hyphenated as

en‧ter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛntə(ɹ)/

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.