enter

Verb

Synonyms: come in get into get in go into go in move into participate enroll inscribe enrol recruit figure

WordNet 3.0

Verb (9)

to come or go into“the boat entered an area of shallow marshes”Synonyms: come in get into get in go into go in move into
become a participant; be involved in“enter a race”“enter an agreement”“enter a drug treatment program”“enter negotiations”Synonyms: participate
register formally as a participant or member“The party recruited many new members”Synonyms: enroll inscribe enrol recruit
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
make a record of; set down in permanent formSynonyms: record put down
come on stage
take on duties or office“accede to the throne”Synonyms: accede
put or introduce into something“insert a picture into the text”Synonyms: insert infix introduce
set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)“she embarked upon a new career”Synonyms: embark

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Enter- \En"ter-\ [F. entre between, fr. L. inter. See Inter-] A prefix signifying between, among, part. [1913 Webster]

Enter \En"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entered; p. pr. & vb. n. Entering.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare, fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in between, between. See Inter-, In, and cf. Interior.]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

That darksome cave they enter.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army. [1913 Webster]

3.To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc. [1913 Webster]

4.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. [1913 Webster]

5.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. [1913 Webster]

6.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. [1913 Webster]

7.(Law) (a) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them. (b) 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. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]

8.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. [1913 Webster]

9.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 pre["e]mption. [U.S.] --Abbott. [1913 Webster]

10.To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress." [1913 Webster]

11.To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Enter \En"ter\, v. i.

1.To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. "The year entering." --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

No evil thing approach nor enter in.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not enter.— Is. lix. 14.[1913 Webster]

For we which have believed do enter into rest.— Heb. iv. 3.[1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

3.To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into. [1913 Webster]

He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for his entering into internal principles of action.— Addison.[1913 Webster]