enter

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
2. (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
3. (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
4. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
5. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
6. (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
7. (intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
8. To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
9. (transitive) 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. (US, dated, historical, transitive) 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, transitive) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
14. (formal, intransitive) To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up.

Noun

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

Synonyms

go in

come in

go into

penetrate

insert

join

get in

enroll

record

pierce

register

reach

inscribe

arrive

input

come into

get into

include

participate

put in

advance

approach

come

step into

introduce

in

enrol

go inside

take part in

start

accede

permeate

board

sink

stab

appear

recruit

matriculate

write down

post

probe

pervade

pass

pass through

enlist

move into

note

bore

fall in

perforate

Translations

entrer

entrar

entrare

eintreten

entrar

entrar

introduire

eingeben

μπαίνω

girmek

binnenkomen

entrer dans

betreten

hineingehen

دخل

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛntə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: entren

In summary

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.