enter

en•ter

[[t]ˈɛn tər[/t]] v. t.

1) to come or go in or into:

to enter a room; The thought never entered my mind[/ex]

2) to penetrate or pierce:

The bullet entered the flesh[/ex]

3) to put in or insert

4) to become a member of; join

5) to cause to be admitted, as into a school or a competition:

to enter a horse in a race[/ex]

6) to begin upon; engage or become involved in:

to enter the medical profession[/ex]

7) to share in; have an intuitive understanding of:

able to enter the spirit of the work[/ex]

8) to make a record of; record or register

9) law Law.

a) to make a formal record of (a fact)

b) to occupy or take possession of (lands), esp. under rightful claim

10) to put forward, submit, or register formally:

to enter an objection; to enter a bid[/ex]

11) to come or go in

12) to be admitted, as into a school or competition

13) to make a beginning (often fol. by on or upon):

to enter upon a new phase in history[/ex]

14) sbz to come upon the stage (used in stage directions, often as a 3rd person imperative):

Enter Othello[/ex]

15) phv enter into

a) to participate in; engage in

b) to investigate; consider

c) to sympathize with; share in

d) to form a constituent part or ingredient of

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Etymology: 1200–50; < OF entrer < L intrāre to enter, der. of intrā within en′ter•a•ble, adj. en′ter•er, n.