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Definitions for Enter

[1] to come or go in: Knock before you enter.
[2] to be admitted into a school, competition, etc.: Some contestants enter as late as a day before the race.
[3] to make a beginning (often followed by on or upon ): We have entered upon a new phase in history.
[4] Theater . to come upon the stage (used in stage directions as the 3rd person imperative singular or plural): Enter Othello, and Iago at a distance.
[5] to come or go into: He just entered the building. The thought never entered my mind.
[6] to penetrate or pierce: The bullet entered the flesh.
[7] to put in or insert.
[8] to become a member of; join: to enter a club.
[9] to cause to be admitted, as into a school, competition, etc.: to enter a horse in a race.
[10] to make a beginning of or in, or begin upon; engage or become involved in: He entered the medical profession.
[11] to share in; have an intuitive understanding of: In order to appreciate the novel, one must be able to enter the spirit of the work.
[12] to make a record of; record or register: to enter a new word in a dictionary.
[13] Law . to make a formal record of (a fact). to occupy or to take possession of (lands); make an entrance, entry, ingress in, under claim of a right to possession. to file an application for (public lands).
[14] Computers . to put (a document, program, data, etc.) into a computer system: Enter your new document into the word-processing system.
[15] to put forward, submit, or register formally: to enter an objection to a proposed action; to enter a bid for a contract.
[16] to report (a ship, cargo, etc.) at the custom house.
[17] enter into , to participate in; engage in. to investigate; consider: We will enter into the question of inherited characteristics at a future time. to sympathize with; share in. to form a constituent part or ingredient of: There is another factor that enters into the situation. to go into a particular state: to enter into a state of suspended animation.
[18] variant of entero- before a vowel: enteritis.
[19] to come or go into (a place, house, etc)
[20] to penetrate or pierce
[21] (tr) to introduce or insert
[22] to join (a party, organization, etc)
[23] (when intr, foll by into ) to become involved or take part (in) to enter a game ; to enter into an agreement
[24] (tr) to record (an item such as a commercial transaction) in a journal, account, register, etc
[25] (tr) to record (a name, etc) on a list
[26] (tr) to present or submit to enter a proposal
[27] (intr) theatre to come on stage: used as a stage direction enter Juliet
[28] (when intr, often foll by into, on, or upon ) to begin; start to enter upon a new career
[29] (intr often foll by upon ) to come into possession (of)
[30] (tr) to place (evidence, a plea, etc) before a court of law or upon the court records
[31] (tr) law to go onto and occupy (land) mainly US to file a claim to (public lands)

Words related to Enter

introduce, penetrate, arrive, invade, infiltrate, start, begin, join, open, admit, insert, pierce, probe, intrude, sneak, access, insinuate, slip, crack, immigrate

Words nearby Enter

entebbe, entelechy, entellus, entente, entente cordiale, enter, enter into, enter on, enter one's mind, enter the lists, enter-

Origin of Enter

1200–50; Middle English entren < Old French entrer < Latin intrāre to enter, derivative of intrā within

Words that may be confused with Enter

enter, inter

Other words from Enter

en·ter·a·ble , adjective
en·ter·er , noun
pre·en·ter , verb (used without object)
un·en·ter·a·ble , adjective
un·en·tered , adjective
well-en·tered , adjective

Word origin for Enter

C13: from Old French entrer, from Latin intrāre to go in, from intrā within

Synonyms for Enter

arrive, come in, get in, go in, infiltrate, introduce, invade, penetrate, access, crack, crawl, creep, immigrate, insert, insinuate, intrude, pierce, probe, slip, sneak, wriggle, barge in, blow in, break in, breeze in, burst in, bust in, butt in, crowd in, drive in, drop in, fall into, gain entrée, horn in, ingress, jump in, make an entrance, make way, move in, pass into, pile in, pop in, rush in, set foot in, work in, worm in