enter

Verbs

  • (v) to come or go into
    • the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
    come in, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into,
  • (v) become a participant; be involved in
    • enter a race
    • enter an agreement
    • enter a drug treatment program
    • enter negotiations
    participate,
  • (v) register formally as a participant or member
    • The party recruited many new members
    enrol, enroll, recruit, inscribe,
  • (v) be or play a part of or in
    • Elections figure prominently in every government program
    • How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?
    figure,
  • (v) make a record of; set down in permanent form record, put down,
  • (v) come on stage
  • (v) take on duties or office
    • accede to the throne
    accede,
  • (v) put or introduce into something
    • insert a picture into the text
    infix, insert, introduce,
  • (v) set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
    • she embarked upon a new career
    embark,

Synonyms

come in get in go in go into move into get into participate enrol enroll recruit inscribe figure record put down accede infix insert introduce embark

Antonyms

exit get out go out leave chuck up the sponge drop by the wayside drop out fall by the wayside throw in the towel throw in give up quit

See also

enter upon luck into come upon move in

Words of close approximity

entry Entsi Entsy
enteral enteric enteric bacteria enteric-coated aspirin enteric fever enterics entering enteritis enterobacteria Enterobacteriaceae enterobiasis Enterobius Enterobius vermicularis enteroceptor enterokinase enterolith enterolithiasis Enterolobium Enterolobium cyclocarpa enteron enteropathy enteroptosis enterostenosis enterostomy enterotomy enterotoxemia enterotoxin enterovirus enterprise enterpriser enterprise zone enterprising enterprisingly enterprisingness entertain entertained entertainer entertaining entertainingly entertainment entertainment center entertainment deduction entertainment industry enter upon