From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enter
v 1: to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow
marshes" [syn: enter, come in, get into, get in,
go into, go in, move into] [ant: exit, get out,
go out, leave]
2: become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter
an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter
negotiations" [syn: enter, participate] [ant: {chuck up
the sponge}, drop by the wayside, drop out, {fall by the
wayside}, give up, quit, throw in, {throw in the
towel}]
3: register formally as a participant or member; "The party
recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe,
enter, enrol, recruit]
4: 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?" [syn: figure,
enter]
5: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: record,
enter, put down]
6: come on stage
7: take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn:
accede, enter]
8: put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the
text" [syn: insert, infix, enter, introduce]
9: set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked
upon a new career" [syn: embark, enter]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Enter- \En"ter-\ [F. entre between, fr. L. inter. See Inter-]
A prefix signifying between, among, part.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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That darksome cave they enter. --Spenser.
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I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed,
Shall enter heaven, long absent. --Milton.
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2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a
member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an
army.
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3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the
legal profession, the book trade, etc.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a
book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act
of Congress."
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11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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No evil thing approach nor enter in. --Milton.
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Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not
enter. --Is. lix. 14.
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For we which have believed do enter into rest.
--Heb. iv. 3.
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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.
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3. To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with
into.
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He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for
his entering into internal principles of action.
--Addison.
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