enter

enterverb

To enter is to go into something: a place, a list, a competition, or a new stage.

1. go income or go into a place

   transitive or intransitive [T/I] verb + object [V + obj]

   • Everyone stood up when the teacher entered the room. V + obj
   • Please knock before you enter.
   • The train slowly entered the tunnel. V + obj
   • You need a visa to enter the country. V + obj

   Collocations

   verb + noun enter a room, enter a building, enter the country

   adverb + verb quietly enter, enter illegally

   Antonyms leave; exit

2. typeput information into a computer or write it on a form

   transitive [T] verb + object [V + obj] verb + object + preposition + object [V + obj + prep + obj]

   • Enter your password and press the button. V + obj
   • Please enter your name in the box below. V + obj + prep + obj
   • It took hours to enter all the data. V + obj

   Collocations

   verb + noun enter a password, enter data, enter your details, enter a code

   Synonyms type

3. take parttake part in a competition, race, or exam, or put someone or something into one

   transitive or intransitive [T/I] verb + object [V + obj] verb + object + preposition + object [V + obj + prep + obj]

   • She entered the race and finished second. V + obj
   • He entered his painting in the competition. V + obj + prep + obj
   • More than a hundred people entered.

   Collocations

   verb + noun enter a competition, enter a race, enter a contest

   verb + preposition enter something in something, enter someone for something

4. beginbegin to be in a new period or situation, or become part of a profession, a school, or the world of work

   transitive [T] verb + object [V + obj]

   • The talks have entered their final week. V + obj
   • He entered politics at a young age. V + obj
   • The company is entering a difficult period. V + obj

   Collocations

   verb + noun enter a new stage, enter politics, enter the workforce, enter college