enter
/ˈɛntɚ/
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Type
Verb
Meaning
To come or go into a physical place.
He knocked on the heavy wooden door before entering the quiet room.
Did anyone see the suspect enter through the back gate?
To type, write, or record data into a computer system or official record.
Please enter your password to access the secure company portal.
She carefully entered the revised financial figures into the main spreadsheet.
To join an organization, profession, or stage of education.
Thousands of new graduates enter the job market every single spring.
Why did she decide not to enter law school after graduation?
To register someone or something for a competition, race, or contest.
The young chef entered her signature dish in the annual county baking contest.
Have you entered your runner in the marathon yet?
How it's used
This means “go into a place”
- enter the building
“enter it.”
Security guards checked our badges as we entered the facility.
Collocations
- enter a room
- enter data
- enter a password
- enter the workforce
- enter the market
- enter a contest
- enter a competition
Idioms
enter someone's mind
to occur to someone as a thought or possibility
The thought of quitting never once entered her mind.