Pronunciations (8)
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/ˈɛntə(ɹ)/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɛntɚ/
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- General-American
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[ˈɛɾ̃ɚ]
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- General-American
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[ˈɪɾ̃ɚ]
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/ˈɛntɚ/
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- Canada
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/ˈentə(ɹ)/
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- Australia
- New-Zealand
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ˈɛntə(ɹ)
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ˈɛntɚ
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- US
Verb
To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
Usage- Intransitive
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You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked.
[…]you can fynde in youre heartes to assaulte her with rebellion, or in any wise [ways] suffer any one eyvil motion to enter into your thoughtes against her?
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Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.[…]Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
Usage- Transitive
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to enter a knife into a piece of wood
to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.
To go or come into (a state or profession).
Usage- Figurative
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My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year.
She had planned to enter the legal profession.
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Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. … But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining".
To type (something) into a computer; to input.
Usage- Transitive
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Enter your user name and password.
To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
Usage- Transitive
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Each amount entered in the debit column of the journal is posted by entering it on the credit side/column of an account in the ledger.
To come on to the stage during a performance. Used as a stage direction, usually preceding the name of the character who appears.
Usage- Intransitive
- of an actor
To come on to the stage during a performance. Used in the manner of a stage direction: to enter the picture, to become relevant.
Usage- Figurative
- Intransitive
- of an actor
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I’m usually a shoulder bag kind of girl, just because it fits my vibe more. But when I’m on my feet for hours—running through crowded airports or touring a new city—the last thing I want to think about is my stuff. Enter: A good crossbody.
To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
Usage- Intransitive
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I am pleased to notify the Congress of my intent to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of Singapore.
To become effective; to come into effect.
Usage- Intransitive
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This Act shall enter into force on 01 March 1998.
To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.
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to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment
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.
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.
Usage- US usage
- Dated
- Historical
- Transitive
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Under existing laws governing the qualifications of an alien to enter 160 acres or more of the public domain he is only required to file his declaration of intent to become a citizen.
To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
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entered according to act of Congress
To initiate; to introduce favourably.
Usage- Obsolete
- Transitive
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This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings, / Shall enter me with him.
To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up.
Usage- Formal
- Intransitive
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[…] I entered, that same day, on a regular occupation of pushing Miss Havisham in this chair […] round her own room, and across the landing, and round the other room.
Noun
The action of entering; an instance of entering.
Verb
to come or go into
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the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
become a participant; be involved in
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enter a race
enter an agreement
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enter a drug treatment program
enter negotiations
register formally as a participant or member
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The party recruited many new members
be or play a part of or in
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Elections figure prominently in every government program
How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?
make a record of; set down in permanent form
come on stage
take on duties or office
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accede to the throne
put or introduce into something
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insert a picture into the text
set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
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she embarked upon a new career