enter

(ĕnˈtər)

verb en·tered, en·ter·ing, en·ters verb, transitive

1. To come or go into: The train entered the tunnel.
2. To penetrate; pierce: The bullet entered the victim's skull.
3. To introduce; insert: She entered the probe into the patient's artery.
4. a. To become a participant, member, or part of; join: too old to enter the army; entered the discussion at a crucial moment.
   b. To gain admission to (a school, for example).
5. To cause to become a participant, member, or part of; enroll: entered the children in private school; entered dahlias in a flower show.
6. To embark on; begin: With Sputnik, the Soviet Union entered the space age.
7. To make a beginning in; take up: entered medicine.
8. To write or put in: entered our names in the guest book; enters the data into the computer.
9. To place formally on record; submit: enter a plea of innocence; enter a complaint.
10. To go to or occupy in order to claim possession of (land).
11. To report (a ship or cargo) to customs.

verb, intransitive

1. To come or go in; make an entry: As the President entered, the band played “Hail to the Chief.”
2. To effect penetration.
3. To become a member or participant.

Phrasal Verbs: enter into To participate in; take an active role or interest in: enter into politics; enter into negotiations. To become party to (a contract): The nations entered into a trade agreement. To become a component of; form a part of: Financial matters entered into the discussion. To consider; investigate: The report entered into the effect of high interest rates on the market.enter on/upon To set out on; begin: We enter on a new era in our history. To begin considering; take up: After discussing the budget deficit, they entered on the problem of raising taxes. To take possession of: She entered upon the estate of her uncle.

Related Forms:

• enˈter·a·ble adjective