enter

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See also: Enter, Enter., and enter-

English

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Alternative forms

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  • entre (archaic, before circa 1700)

Etymology

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From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō (“enter”, verb), from intrā (“inside”). Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English and the English of many Commonwealth Countries (e.g. Australia, Canada) retain the "re" ending for many words such as centre, fibre, spectre, theatre, calibre, sombre, lustre, and litre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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enter (third-person singular simple present enters, present participle entering, simple past and past participle entered)

  1. (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
    You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked.
    • 1555, John Proctor, The historie of Wyates rebellion, with the order and maner of resisting the same, …, page 86:
      […] 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?
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:5:
      Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
    • 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
      In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. […] Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
    • 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
      We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
  2. (transitive) 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. (figuratively) 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.
  5. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
    Enter your user name and password.
  6. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
    • 2003, A. Mukherjee, M. Hanif, Financial Accounting, →ISBN, page 27:
      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.
  7. (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
  8. (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
    • 2005, United Nations, Dispositions Législatives Et Réglementaires Nationales Relatives À la Prévention Et À L'élimination Du Terrorisme International, →ISBN, page 215:
      This Act shall enter into force on 01 March 1998.
  9. (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
  10. (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order[1]
    to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment
  11. To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
  12. (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.
    • 1887, United States General Land Office, Annual Report of the Commissioner of General Land Office, US Government Printing Office, page 82:
      Under existing laws governing the qualifications of an alien to enter 160 acres or more of the public domain he is only required to file his declaration of intent to become a citizen.
  13. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
    entered according to act of Congress
  14. (transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of enter
infinitive (to) enter
present tense past tense
1st-person singular enter entered, entred†
2nd-person singular enter, enterest†, entrest† entered, enteredst†, entredst†
3rd-person singular enters, entres† entered, entred†
plural enter
subjunctive enter entered, entred†
imperative enter —
participles entering, entring† entered, entred†

†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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Enter-key marked with green, Return-key with red

enter (plural enters)

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

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851) “ENTER”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volume (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […], →OCLC.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish entero (displacing older Catalan forms such as entegre), from Latin integrum. Compare Occitan entièr, French entier, Spanish entero. Doublet of íntegre, a later borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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enter (feminine entera, masculine plural enters, feminine plural enteres)

  1. entire, whole, complete
    Synonym: sencer

Derived terms

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Noun

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enter m (plural enters)

  1. whole number, integer
    Synonyms: nombre enter, nombre sencer
  2. a complete lottery ticket (made up of ten dècims)
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Further reading

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English Enter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈent(ː)er/, [ˈe̞n̪t̪(ː)e̞r]
  • Rhymes: -enter
  • Hyphenation(key): en‧ter

Noun

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enter

  1. Enter (computer key)

Declension

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Inflection of enter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative enter enterit
genitive enterin enterien
entereiden
entereitten
partitive enteriä entereitä
enterejä
illative enteriin entereihin
singular plural
nominative enter enterit
accusative nom. enter enterit
gen. enterin
genitive enterin enterien
entereiden
entereitten
partitive enteriä entereitä
enterejä
inessive enterissä entereissä
elative enteristä entereistä
illative enteriin entereihin
adessive enterillä entereillä
ablative enteriltä entereiltä
allative enterille entereille
essive enterinä entereinä
translative enteriksi entereiksi
abessive enterittä entereittä
instructive — enterein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of enter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative enterini enterini
accusative nom. enterini enterini
gen. enterini
genitive enterini enterieni
entereideni
entereitteni
partitive enteriäni entereitäni
enterejäni
inessive enterissäni entereissäni
elative enteristäni entereistäni
illative enteriini entereihini
adessive enterilläni entereilläni
ablative enteriltäni entereiltäni
allative enterilleni entereilleni
essive enterinäni entereinäni
translative enterikseni entereikseni
abessive enterittäni entereittäni
instructive — —
comitative — entereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative enterisi enterisi
accusative nom. enterisi enterisi
gen. enterisi
genitive enterisi enteriesi
entereidesi
entereittesi
partitive enteriäsi entereitäsi
enterejäsi
inessive enterissäsi entereissäsi
elative enteristäsi entereistäsi
illative enteriisi entereihisi
adessive enterilläsi entereilläsi
ablative enteriltäsi entereiltäsi
allative enterillesi entereillesi
essive enterinäsi entereinäsi
translative enteriksesi entereiksesi
abessive enterittäsi entereittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — entereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative enterimme enterimme
accusative nom. enterimme enterimme
gen. enterimme
genitive enterimme enteriemme
entereidemme
entereittemme
partitive enteriämme entereitämme
enterejämme
inessive enterissämme entereissämme
elative enteristämme entereistämme
illative enteriimme entereihimme
adessive enterillämme entereillämme
ablative enteriltämme entereiltämme
allative enterillemme entereillemme
essive enterinämme entereinämme
translative enteriksemme entereiksemme
abessive enterittämme entereittämme
instructive — —
comitative — entereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative enterinne enterinne
accusative nom. enterinne enterinne
gen. enterinne
genitive enterinne enterienne
entereidenne
entereittenne
partitive enteriänne entereitänne
enterejänne
inessive enterissänne entereissänne
elative enteristänne entereistänne
illative enteriinne entereihinne
adessive enterillänne entereillänne
ablative enteriltänne entereiltänne
allative enterillenne entereillenne
essive enterinänne entereinänne
translative enteriksenne entereiksenne
abessive enterittänne entereittänne
instructive — —
comitative — entereinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative enterinsä enterinsä
accusative nom. enterinsä enterinsä
gen. enterinsä
genitive enterinsä enteriensä
entereidensä
entereittensä
partitive enteriään
enteriänsä 		entereitään
enterejään
entereitänsä
enterejänsä
inessive enterissään
enterissänsä 		entereissään
entereissänsä
elative enteristään
enteristänsä 		entereistään
entereistänsä
illative enteriinsä entereihinsä
adessive enterillään
enterillänsä 		entereillään
entereillänsä
ablative enteriltään
enteriltänsä 		entereiltään
entereiltänsä
allative enterilleen
enterillensä 		entereilleen
entereillensä
essive enterinään
enterinänsä 		entereinään
entereinänsä
translative enterikseen
enteriksensä 		entereikseen
entereiksensä
abessive enterittään
enterittänsä 		entereittään
entereittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — entereineen
entereinensä

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compounds

French

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Etymology

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From a Vulgar Latin *imptāre, contraction of *imputāre (“to graft”) (unrelated to Latin imputō (“to reckon, attribute”)), from inpotus (attested in Salic Law), from Ancient Greek ἔμφυτος (émphutos, “planted”). The Greek word may have actually reached Gaul through traders at the Mediterranean coastal colonies before the Roman conquest.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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enter

  1. (agriculture) to graft
  2. to implant

Conjugation

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Conjugation of enter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple entant
/ɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enté
/ɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ente
/ɑ̃t/ 		entes
/ɑ̃t/ 		ente
/ɑ̃t/ 		entons
/ɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		entez
/ɑ̃.te/ 		entent
/ɑ̃t/
imperfect entais
/ɑ̃.tɛ/ 		entais
/ɑ̃.tɛ/ 		entait
/ɑ̃.tɛ/ 		entions
/ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		entiez
/ɑ̃.tje/ 		entaient
/ɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 entai
/ɑ̃.te/ 		entas
/ɑ̃.ta/ 		enta
/ɑ̃.ta/ 		entâmes
/ɑ̃.tam/ 		entâtes
/ɑ̃.tat/ 		entèrent
/ɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future enterai
/ɑ̃.tʁe/ 		enteras
/ɑ̃.tʁa/ 		entera
/ɑ̃.tʁa/ 		enterons
/ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		enterez
/ɑ̃.tʁe/ 		enteront
/ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional enterais
/ɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		enterais
/ɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		enterait
/ɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		enterions
/ɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		enteriez
/ɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		enteraient
/ɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ente
/ɑ̃t/ 		entes
/ɑ̃t/ 		ente
/ɑ̃t/ 		entions
/ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		entiez
/ɑ̃.tje/ 		entent
/ɑ̃t/
imperfect2 entasse
/ɑ̃.tas/ 		entasses
/ɑ̃.tas/ 		entât
/ɑ̃.ta/ 		entassions
/ɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		entassiez
/ɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		entassent
/ɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ente
/ɑ̃t/ 		— entons
/ɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		entez
/ɑ̃.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Gaulish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *enter (“between”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). Cognates include Celtiberian entara (“between”), Old Irish eter (“between”) (Irish idir (“between, both”)), Latin inter (“between”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), and Old High German untar (“between”).

Preposition

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enter

  1. between, among

References

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  • Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, published 2003, →ISBN, page 163.
  • Ranko Matasović, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, published 2009, →ISBN, page 117.

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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enter

  1. inflection of entern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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enter m inan

  1. (computing) Enter (key on a computer keyboard)

Declension

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Declension of enter
singular plural
nominative enter entery
genitive entera enterów
dative enterowi enterom
accusative enter entery
instrumental enterem enterami
locative enterze enterach
vocative enterze entery

Further reading

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  • enter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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