enter

Definitions

1. 1

   A prefix signifying between, among, part.

2. 2transitive verb

   To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea.

3. 3transitive verb

   To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.

4. 4transitive verb

   To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.

5. 5transitive verb

   To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation.

6. 6transitive verb

   To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

7. 7transitive verb

   To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse.

8. 8transitive verb

   To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.

9. 9transitive verb

   To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment.

10. 10transitive verb

    To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry, 4.

11. 11transitive verb

    To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf preemption.

12. 12transitive verb

    To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress."

13. 13transitive verb

    To initiate; to introduce favorably.

14. 14intransitive verb

    To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps.

15. 15intransitive verb

    To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter.

16. 16intransitive verb

    To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into.

17. 17verb

    set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

    "she embarked upon a new career"

    Synonyms

    embark
18. 18verb

    make a record of; set down in permanent form

    Synonyms

    record
19. 19verb

    become a participant; be involved in

    "enter a race"

    "enter an agreement"

    Synonyms

    participate
20. 20verb

    put or introduce into something

    "insert a picture into the text"

    Synonyms

    infixinsertintroduce
21. 21verb

    come on stage

22. 22verb

    to come or go into

    "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

23. 23verb

    take on duties or office

    "accede to the throne"

    Synonyms

    accede
24. 24verb

    register formally as a participant or member

    "The party recruited many new members"

    Synonyms

    enrolenrollinscriberecruit
25. 25verb

    be or play a part of or in

    "Elections figure prominently in every government program"

    "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"

    Synonyms

    figure