enter
Other forms: entered; entering; enters
To enter is to go inside or into a place. When you enter your house after school, you might pet your cat and take off your shoes.
You might enter the kitchen to see what's for dinner, or enter the library to look for a book to read. In both cases, you go from one place into another, through a doorway. If you're an actor, the word enter takes on a different meaning: to appear on the stage during a play. The stage directions might read, "Enter the King, stage left." Countries also enter wars, and people enter contests — they register or become involved.
Definitions of enter
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to come or go into“the boat entered an area of shallow marshes”
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Antonyms:
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exit, get out, go out, leave
move out of or depart from
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go away, go forth, leave
go away from a place
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take the field
go on the playing field, of a football team
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penetrate, perforate
pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
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re-enter
enter again
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file in
enter by marching in a file
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pop in
enter briefly
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walk in
enter by walking
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call at, out in
enter a harbor
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take water
enter the water
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turn in
make an entrance by turning from a road
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board, get on
get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
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intrude, irrupt
enter uninvited
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encroach upon, intrude on, invade, obtrude upon
to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
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dock
come into dock
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break in
intrude on uninvited
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dig into, poke into, probe
examine physically with or as if with a probe
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cut
penetrate injuriously
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interpenetrate, permeate
penetrate mutually or be interlocked
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strike
pierce with force
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break
pierce or penetrate
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foray
briefly enter enemy territory
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poke into
enter briefly
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creep in, sneak in
enter surreptitiously
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diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle
spread or diffuse through
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honeycomb
penetrate thoroughly and into every part
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berth, moor, wharf
come into or dock at a wharf
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pierce
make a hole into
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pierce, thrust
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
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pierce
cut or make a way through
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tunnel
force a way through
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filter, percolate, permeate, sink in
pass through
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grain, ingrain
thoroughly work in
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immerse, plunge
thrust or throw into
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force, storm
take by force
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ooze through
run slowly and gradually
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embark, ship
go on board
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entrain
board a train
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catch
reach in time
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bother
intrude or enter uninvited
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barge in, crash, gate-crash
enter uninvited; informal
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move in on
make intrusive advances towards
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foray into, raid
enter someone else's territory and take spoils
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exit, get out, go out, leave
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come on stage
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become a participant; be involved in“enter a race”“enter an agreement”“enter negotiations”
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synonyms:
participate
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chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
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jump
enter eagerly into
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chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel
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register formally as a participant or member
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draft, enlist, muster in
engage somebody to enter the army
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unionise, unionize
recruit for a union or organize into a union
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register
enroll to vote
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matriculate
enroll as a student
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levy, raise, recruit
cause to assemble or enlist in the military
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register
record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
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set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
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put or introduce into something
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connect, plug in, plug into
plug into an outlet
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cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate
introduce a cannula or tube into
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input
enter (data or a program) into a computer
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instil, instill
enter drop by drop
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embed, engraft, imbed, implant, plant
fix or set securely or deeply
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sandwich
insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects
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graft, transplant
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
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pot
plant in a pot
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nest
fit together or fit inside
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bury, sink
embed deeply
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attach
cause to be attached
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make a record of; set down in permanent form
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chalk up, tally
keep score, as in games
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clock in, clock on, punch in
register one's arrival at work
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record, tape
register electronically
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accession
make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
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post
display, as of records in sports games
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ring up
to perform and record a sale on a cash register
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manifest
record in a ship's manifest
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inscribe
write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
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chronicle
record in chronological order; make a historical record
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file, file away
place in a container for keeping records
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document
record in detail
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log
enter into a log, as on ships and planes
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clock up, log up
record a distance travelled; on planes and cars
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film, shoot, take
make a film or photograph of something
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tape, videotape
record on videotape
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photograph, shoot, snap
record on photographic film
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mark, score
make underscoring marks
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notch
notch a surface to record something
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keep, maintain
maintain by writing regular records
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film
record in film
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register
record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
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book
record a charge in a police register
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cancel, invalidate
make invalid for use
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save, write
record data on a computer
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tape record
record with a tape recorder
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prerecord
record before presentation, as of a broadcast
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file, register
record in a public office or in a court of law
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retake
photograph again
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reshoot
shoot again
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x-ray
take an x-ray of something or somebody
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cinematise, cinematize
make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film
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microfilm
record on microfilm
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cut
record a performance on (a medium)
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cut
make a recording of
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patent
grant rights to; grant a patent for
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enrol, enroll, inscribe, recruit
register formally as a participant or member
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list
include in a list
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fine, ticket
issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
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book
register in a hotel booker
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be or play a part of or in
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take on duties or office
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synonyms:
accede
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ascend
become king or queen
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take office
assume an office, duty, or title
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come after, follow, succeed
be the successor (of)
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ascend
Pronunciation
US
/ɛntər/
UK
/ˈɛntə/
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