enter
English meaning: Enter
Definition
The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
Example
“Please knock before you enter the office.”
Another example: “To register, enter your email address in the box below.”
Usage — When, Where & How
As a verb, to go or come into a place, to join (a profession or competition) or to record data ('enter your name'). Common in all registers. As a noun it refers to the Enter/Return key on a keyboard. Contrast 'exit' and 'leave'.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Old French 'entrer', from Latin 'intrare' (to go in), from 'intra' (within); entered English in the 13th century.
Synonyms
Antonyms / Opposites
- exit
- leave
- depart
- withdraw
Related Words
- apprenticeship
- visa
- exit
- draft
- qualifying
- negotiations
- athletes
- dragon
- attending
- entering
Common Collocations
- enter a room
- enter a competition
- enter data
- enter the workforce
- enter into
- enter your details
Word Forms
enter (v & n); enters; entered; entering; entrance (n); entry (n)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
Images
CC-licensed · free to useVideo
Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
- 1.5B