enter

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Synonyms: center, venter, inter, ener, ester, ender, etter, efter, tenter, eater, unter

Antonyms: center, venter, inter, ener, ester, ender, etter, efter, tenter, eater, unter

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

{{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[go]] or [[come]] into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
{{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
{{lb|en|figuratively}} To [[go]] or [[come]] into (a state or profession).
{{senseid|en|type into a computer}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[type]] (something) into a [[computer]]; to [[input#Verb|input]].
{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[record]] (something) in an [[account]], [[ledger]], etc.
{{lb|en|intransitive|of an [[actor]]}} To [[come on]] to the [[stage]] during a [[performance]].
{{lb|en|intransitive|law}} To become a [[party]] to an agreement, [[treaty]], etc.
{{lb|en|law|intransitive}} To become effective; to come into effect.
{{lb|en|legal}} To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
{{lb|en|transitive|legal}} To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.<ref>{{R:Burrill Law Dictionary}}</ref>
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]]''.
{{lb|en|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.

The [[action]] of [[enter#Verb|entering]]; an [[instance]] of entering.
{{lb|en|computing}} {{alternative spelling of|en|Enter||the computer key}}.
{{lb|en|computing}} {{alternative spelling of|en|Enter||a stroke of the computer key}}.

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