📒 to come or go into something
- Knock before you enter.
- Enter Hamlet (= for example as stage directions in the text of a play).
- enter something Someone entered the room behind me.
📒 to put your name on the list for an exam, a race, a competition, etc.; to do this for somebody
- enter something Over a thousand children entered the competition.
- enter somebody/something in something Irish trainers have entered several horses in the race.
- Her mum entered her in the baby contest.
📒 to begin or become involved in an activity, a situation, etc.
- Several new firms have now entered the market.
- The US entered the war in 1917.
- The investigation has entered a new phase.
📒 to become a member of an institution; to start working in an organization or a profession
- to enter a school/college/university
- to enter politics
- to enter Parliament (= become an MP)
📒 to put names, numbers, details, etc. in a list, book or computer
- enter something in something Enter your name and occupation in the boxes (= on a form).
- enter something into something to enter data into a computer
- enter something on something to enter figures on a spreadsheet
📒 to say something officially so that it can be recorded
- to enter a plea of not guilty (= at the beginning of a court case)
- to enter an offer
- Her solicitor entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf.
📒 to start being used
- When do the new regulations come into force?
- The new law comes into force as from midnight tomorrow.
📒 to apply for a place at a school, in a competition, etc. for somebody or yourself
- Have you entered your name for the quiz yet?
- They’ve already put his name down for Eton College.
- Have you put your name down for the school play?