enter

UK /ˈɛntə(ɹ)/ US /ˈɛntɚ/
verb 5noun 4

Definitions

verb

1

To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked.

[…]you can fynde in youre heartes to assaulte her with rebellion, or in any wise [ways] suffer any one eyvil motion to enter into your thoughtes against her?

2

To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

to enter a knife into a piece of wood

to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

3

To go or come into (a state or profession).

My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year.

She had planned to enter the legal profession.

4

To type (something) into a computer; to input.

Enter your user name and password.

5

To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.

Each amount entered in the debit column of the journal is posted by entering it on the credit side/column of an account in the ledger.

noun

1

Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).

2

Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).

noun

1

The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.

2

A stroke of the Enter key.

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