enter

enter: verb
1 GO INTO
a) (I, T) to go or come into a place: Silence fell as I entered the room. | Adie was one of the few reporters who had dared to enter the war zone.
b) (T) if an object enters part of something, it goes inside it: The bullet had entered his brain through the back of his skull.

2 START WORKING (I, T) to start working in a particular profession or organization: Andrea is studying law as a preparation for entering politics. | He entered the Church as a young man.

3 START TO TAKE PART IN (T) to start to take part in an activity, for example a course or a game: Her doctor recommended that she enter a drug treatment program.

4 COMPUTER (T)
a) to put information into a computer by pressing the keys: If a command is entered incorrectly, the machine will not recognize it.
b) if you enter a computer system, you are given permission to use it by the computer

5 WRITE INFORMATION (T) to write information on a particular part of a form, document etc: Enter your name in the space provided.

6 COMPETITION/EXAMINATION (I, T) to arrange to take part in a race, competition, examination etc, or to arrange for someone else to take part: I've entered you and Dan in the sack race.

7 PERIOD OF TIME (T)
a) to begin a period of time when something happens: The economy entered a period of recession in the mid 1980s.
b) enter its third week/sixth day/second year etc if something enters its third week, its sixth day etc, it continues for a third week, a sixth day etc: The talks have now entered their third week.

8 it never entered my mind/head spoken used when you are very surprised by what has happened: It never entered my head that he would have a gun.

9 CHANGE (T) if a particular quality enters something, it starts to exist in it and change it, especially suddenly: A note of panic entered her voice.

10 enter sb's life if someone or something enters your life, you start to know them or be affected by them: By the time Angie entered his life, he was almost 30.

11 START DISCUSSING (T) to start to discuss or study a particular subject: Here we enter a disputed and delicate area of the law.

12 enter a plea of guilty/not guilty law to say that you are guilty or not guilty of a particular crime in a court

13 enter an offer/complaint/objection etc formal to officially make an offer, complaint etc
enter into sth phrasal verb (T)
1 to start doing something, especially discussing or studying something: This is not the place to enter into a detailed discussion of economic policy.

2 to affect a situation and be something that you must consider when you make a choice: Money doesn't enter into it - it's the principle I object to.

3 enter into an agreement/contract etc formal to officially make an agreement to do something

4 enter into the spirit of it/things to take part in a game, party etc in an eager way
enter upon sth phrasal verb (T) formal to start doing something or being involved in it

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enter — [ ɑ̃te ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1155; lat. pop. °imputare, de putare « tailler, émonder », avec infl. du gr. emphuton « greffe » 1 ♦ Greffer en insérant un scion. Enter un prunier. Enter en écusson, en fente, en œillet. 2 ♦ Fig. et vx « Ils … Encyclopédie Universelle
enter — en‧ter [ˈentə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] 1. if people or goods enter a country, they arrive there: • A lot of goods are fraudulently and illegally entering the US. 2. COMMERCE if a company enters a market, it starts selling goods or services in that … Financial and business terms
enter — en·ter vi: to go or come in; specif: to go upon real property by right of entry esp. to take possession lessor shall have the right to enter and take possession often used in deeds and leases vt 1: to come or go into he breaks into and enter s a… … Law dictionary
enter — 1 Enter, penetrate, pierce, probe are comparable when meaning to make way into something so as to reach or pass through the interior. Enter (see also ENTER 2) is the most comprehensive of these words and the least explicit in its implications.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Enter — or ENTER can mean:* Enter key * Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank, Australian school student assessment * Enter (town), town in the Netherlands * Enter (album), a 1997 album by Within Temptation * Enter (Russian Circles album), a 2006… … Wikipedia
Enter — bezeichnet die Eingabe oder Entertaste auf einer Computertastatur, siehe Eingabetaste die Bezeichnung für einjährige Pferde, siehe Hauspferd Enter, namentlich: Enter (Overijssel), einen Ort in der niederländischen Gemeinde Wierden Enter (Album),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
enter — Enter. v. a. Greffer, faire une ente. Enter un poirier, un pommier. enter franc sur franc. enter sur un sauvageon. enter sur un coignassier. enter en escusson. enter en fente. enter en oeillet. enter en bouton. enter en poupée &c. On dit fig. qu… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
enter — ENTER. v. act. Greffer, faire une ente. Enter un poirier, un pommier. Enter franc sur franc. Enter sur sauvageon. Enter sur un coignassier. Enter en écusson, en fente, en oeillet, en oeil dormant. Enter en bouton. Enter en poupée, etc. f♛/b] On… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
enter — [ent′ər] vt. [ME entren < OFr entrer < L intrare < intra, within, inside: see INTRA ] 1. to come or go in or into 2. to force a way into; penetrate; pierce [the bullet entered his body] 3. to put into; insert 4. to write down in a record … English World dictionary
Enter — En ter, v. i. 1. To go or come in; often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. The year entering. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] No evil thing approach nor enter in. Milton. [1913 Webster] Truth is fallen in the street,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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