Definition of: enter

(en′tər) v.t.
1. To come or go into.
2. To make a way into; penetrate; pierce.
3. To set or insert in: to enter a wedge.
4. To become a member of; join.
5. To begin; pass within the limits of; start: to enter middle age.
6. To obtain admission; enrol, as in a school or competition.
7. To write or record, as in a list, book, etc.
8. To report (goods, a vessel, etc.) to the customhouse.
9. Law a To place on the records of a court, as evidence, a plea, or an appearance. b To go upon or into feloniously or as a trespasser. c To file for title to (public lands).
—v.i.
10. To come or go inward; make an entrance.
11. To come onto the stage: Enter the queen, weeping.
—to enter into
1. To begin; start.
2. To become a party to; engage in: to enter into a discussion.
3. To take an interest in; join in: to enter into the plans for a party.
4. To form a part of; be a constituent of: Oxygen enters into many compound bodies.
5. To consider or discuss: to enter into the particulars.
—to enter on (or upon) To begin; set out on: to enter upon a career of dissipation. [<F entrer <L intrare <intra within]