English Dictionary

enter

/ˈɛntə(ɹ)/

verb

(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. / (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

Please enter your password to access the account.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked.

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

to enter a knife into a piece of wood; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

意味（3）

(figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).

My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year. She had planned to enter the legal profession.

意味（4）

(transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.

Enter your user name and password.

意味（5）

(transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.

Each amount entered in the debit column of the journal is posted by entering it on the credit side/column of of an account in the ledger.

意味（6）

(intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.

I am pleased to notify the Congress of my intent to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of Singapore.

意味（7）

(law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.

This Act shall enter into force on 01 March 1998.

意味（8）

(law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.

意味（9）

(transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order

to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment

意味（10）

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.

意味（11）

(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.

Under existing laws governing the qualifications of an alien to enter 160 acres or more of the public domain he is only required to file his declaration of intent to become a citizen.

意味（12）

To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).

entered according to act of Congress

意味（13）

(transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.

This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings, / Shall enter me with him.