enter

Definitions of enter in various dictionaries:

verb - to come or go into

verb - become a participant

verb - register formally as a participant or member

verb - be or play a part of or in

verb - make a record of

verb - come on stage

verb - take on duties or office

verb - put or introduce into something

verb - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

To come or go into: The train entered the tunnel.

To penetrate; pierce: The bullet entered the victim’s skull.

To introduce; insert: She entered the probe into the patient’s artery.

To become a participant, member, or part of; join: too old to enter the army; entered the discussion at a crucial moment.

To gain admission to (a school, for example).

To cause to become a participant, member, or part of; enroll: entered the children in private school; entered dahlias in a flower show.

To embark on; begin: With Sputnik, the Soviet Union entered the space age.

To make a beginning in; take up: entered medicine.

To write or put in: We entered our names in the guest book; enters the data into the computer.

To place formally on record; submit: enter a plea of innocence; enter a complaint.

To go to or occupy in order to claim possession of (land).

To report (a ship or cargo) to customs.

To come or go in; make an entry: As the President entered, the band played “Hail to the Chief.

To effect penetration.

To become a member or participant.

To participate in; take an active role or interest in: enter into politics; enter into negotiations.

To become party to (a contract): The nations entered into a new agreement.

To become a component of; form a part of: Financial matters entered into the discussion.

To consider; investigate: The report entered into the effect of high interest rates on the market.

To set out on; begin: We enter on a new era in our history.

To begin considering; take up: After discussing the budget deficit, they entered on the problem of raising taxes.

To take possession of: She entered upon the estate of her uncle.

verb - to come or go into