Definition:
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.
- (v. t.) To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress."
- (v. t.) To initiate; to introduce favorably.
- (v. i.) To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps.
- (v. i.) 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.
- (v. i.) To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into.
Compare enter with other words:
enter vs. entier
ender vs. enter
enter vs. renter
enter vs. invasion
enter vs. venter
enter vs. tenter
enter vs. ester
eater vs. enter
center vs. enter
enter vs. sneak
enter vs. penetrate
conclude vs. enter
enter vs. trespass
enter vs. income
enter vs. gather
enter vs. feed
disastrous vs. enter
direct vs. enter
enter vs. ingression
enter vs. typed
enter vs. tiger
catfish vs. enter
arise vs. enter
appear vs. enter
downhill vs. enter
enter vs. wild
enter vs. intrant
enter vs. reenter
enter vs. introit
enter vs. optic
enter vs. manx
enter vs. intromission
enter vs. penetrable
enroll vs. enter
enter vs. intrusive
enter vs. keyboard
enter vs. stroke
enter vs. insert
enter vs. intrude
enter vs. invade
enter vs. ingress
enter vs. entry
enter vs. incur
enter vs. entreat
enter vs. fill
enter vs. permeate
enter vs. exit
enter vs. entrance
computer vs. enter
enter vs. type
admit vs. enter
enter vs. figure
enter vs. table
enter vs. line
enter vs. platform
enter vs. key
cut vs. enter
burst vs. enter
access vs. enter
board vs. enter
enter vs. octothorpe
anchor vs. enter
enter vs. set
demonstration vs. enter
enter vs. stock