See also: Enter, Enter., and enter-

English edit

Alternative forms edit

  • entre (archaic, before circa 1700)

Etymology edit

From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō (enter, verb), from intrā (inside). Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English and the English of many Commonwealth Countries (e.g. Australia, Canada) retain the "re" ending for many words such as centre, fibre, spectre, theatre, calibre, sombre, lustre, and litre.

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enter (third-person singular simple present enters, present participle entering, simple past and past participle entered)

  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.
  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.
  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.
  4. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
    Enter your user name and password.
  5. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
    • 2003, A. Mukherjee, M. Hanif, Financial Accounting, →ISBN, page 27:
      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.
  6. (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
  7. (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
    • 2005, United Nations, Dispositions Législatives Et Réglementaires Nationales Relatives À la Prévention Et À L'élimination Du Terrorisme International, →ISBN, page 215:
      This Act shall enter into force on 01 March 1998.
  8. (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
  9. (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order[1]
    to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment
  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.
  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.
    • 1887, United States General Land Office, Annual Report of the Commissioner of General Land Office, US Government Printing Office, page 82:
      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.
  12. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
    entered according to act of Congress
  13. (transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.

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Enter-key marked with green, Return-key with red

enter (plural enters)

  1. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (the computer key)
  2. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (a stroke of the computer key)

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References edit

  1. ^ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851), “ENTER”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: [], volume (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, [], →OCLC.

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish entero (displacing older Catalan forms such as entegre), from Latin integrum. Compare Occitan entièr, French entier, Spanish entero. Doublet of íntegre, a later borrowing from Latin.

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Adjective edit

enter (feminine entera, masculine plural enters, feminine plural enteres)

  1. entire, whole, complete
    Synonym: sencer

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Noun edit

enter m (plural enters)

  1. whole number, integer
    Synonyms: nombre enter, nombre sencer
  2. a complete lottery ticket (made up of ten dècims)

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Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From English Enter.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈent(ː)er/, [ˈe̞n̪t̪(ː)e̞r]
  • Rhymes: -enter
  • Syllabification(key): en‧ter

Noun edit

enter

  1. Enter (computer key)

Declension edit

Inflection of enter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative enter enterit
genitive enterin enterien
entereiden
entereitten
partitive enteriä entereitä
enterejä
illative enteriin entereihin
singular plural
nominative enter enterit
accusative nom. enter enterit
gen. enterin
genitive enterin enterien
entereiden
entereitten
partitive enteriä entereitä
enterejä
inessive enterissä entereissä
elative enteristä entereistä
illative enteriin entereihin
adessive enterillä entereillä
ablative enteriltä entereiltä
allative enterille entereille
essive enterinä entereinä
translative enteriksi entereiksi
abessive enterittä entereittä
instructive enterein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of enter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative enterini enterini
accusative nom. enterini enterini
gen. enterini
genitive enterini enterieni
entereideni
entereitteni
partitive enteriäni entereitäni
enterejäni
inessive enterissäni entereissäni
elative enteristäni entereistäni
illative enteriini entereihini
adessive enterilläni entereilläni
ablative enteriltäni entereiltäni
allative enterilleni entereilleni
essive enterinäni entereinäni
translative enterikseni entereikseni
abessive enterittäni entereittäni
instructive
comitative entereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative enterisi enterisi
accusative nom. enterisi enterisi
gen. enterisi
genitive enterisi enteriesi
entereidesi
entereittesi
partitive enteriäsi entereitäsi
enterejäsi
inessive enterissäsi entereissäsi
elative enteristäsi entereistäsi
illative enteriisi entereihisi
adessive enterilläsi entereilläsi
ablative enteriltäsi entereiltäsi
allative enterillesi entereillesi
essive enterinäsi entereinäsi
translative enteriksesi entereiksesi
abessive enterittäsi entereittäsi
instructive
comitative entereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative enterimme enterimme
accusative nom. enterimme enterimme
gen. enterimme
genitive enterimme enteriemme
entereidemme
entereittemme
partitive enteriämme entereitämme
enterejämme
inessive enterissämme entereissämme
elative enteristämme entereistämme
illative enteriimme entereihimme
adessive enterillämme entereillämme
ablative enteriltämme entereiltämme
allative enterillemme entereillemme
essive enterinämme entereinämme
translative enteriksemme entereiksemme
abessive enterittämme entereittämme
instructive
comitative entereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative enterinne enterinne
accusative nom. enterinne enterinne
gen. enterinne
genitive enterinne enterienne
entereidenne
entereittenne
partitive enteriänne entereitänne
enterejänne
inessive enterissänne entereissänne
elative enteristänne entereistänne
illative enteriinne entereihinne
adessive enterillänne entereillänne
ablative enteriltänne entereiltänne
allative enterillenne entereillenne
essive enterinänne entereinänne
translative enteriksenne entereiksenne
abessive enterittänne entereittänne
instructive
comitative entereinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative enterinsä enterinsä
accusative nom. enterinsä enterinsä
gen. enterinsä
genitive enterinsä enteriensä
entereidensä
entereittensä
partitive enteriään
enteriänsä
entereitään
enterejään
entereitänsä
enterejänsä
inessive enterissään
enterissänsä
entereissään
entereissänsä
elative enteristään
enteristänsä
entereistään
entereistänsä
illative enteriinsä entereihinsä
adessive enterillään
enterillänsä
entereillään
entereillänsä
ablative enteriltään
enteriltänsä
entereiltään
entereiltänsä
allative enterilleen
enterillensä
entereilleen
entereillensä
essive enterinään
enterinänsä
entereinään
entereinänsä
translative enterikseen
enteriksensä
entereikseen
entereiksensä
abessive enterittään
enterittänsä
entereittään
entereittänsä
instructive
comitative entereineen
entereinensä

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Etymology edit

From a Vulgar Latin *imptāre, contraction of *imputāre (to graft) (unrelated to Latin imputō (to reckon, attribute)), from inpotus (attested in Salic Law), from Ancient Greek ἔμφυτος (émphutos, planted). The Greek word may have actually reached Gaul through traders at the Mediterranean coastal colonies before the Roman conquest.

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enter

  1. (agriculture) to graft
  2. to implant

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Gaulish edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *enter (between), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (between). Cognates include Celtiberian entara (between), Old Irish eter (between) (Irish idir (between, both)), Latin inter (between), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, between, within, into), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, between), and Old High German untar (between).

Preposition edit

enter

  1. between, among

References edit

  • Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, published 2003, →ISBN, page 163.
  • Ranko Matasović, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, published 2009, →ISBN, page 117.

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enter

  1. inflection of entern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

enter m inan

  1. (computing) Enter (key on a computer keyboard)

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Further reading edit

  • enter in Polish dictionaries at PWN