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Enter

Verb1.enter - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"
take the field - go on the playing field, of a football team
penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
re-enter - enter again; "You cannot re-enter the country with this visa"
file in - enter by marching in a file
pop in - enter briefly; "He popped in for two minutes"
walk in - enter by walking; "She walks in at all hours, as if she lived here"
call at, out in - enter a harbor; "the ship called in Athens"
take water - enter the water; "the wild ducks took water"
turn in - make an entrance by turning from a road; "Turn in after you see the gate"
board, get on - get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
intrude, irrupt - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
dock - come into dock; "the ship docked"
enter upon, luck into, come upon - take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
exit, get out, go out, leave - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
2.enter - become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations"
jump - enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, throw in the towel, throw in, give up, quit - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
3.enter - register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members"
muster in, draft, enlist - engage somebody to enter the army
unionise, unionize - recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"
register - enroll to vote; "register for an election"
matriculate - enroll as a student
register - record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
4.enter - be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
5.enter - make a record of; set down in permanent form
recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"
chalk up, tally - keep score, as in games
clock in, clock on, punch in - register one's arrival at work
record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing"
accession - make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
post - display, as of records in sports games
ring up - to perform and record a sale on a cash register; "Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes"
manifest - record in a ship's manifest; "each passenger must be manifested"
inscribe - write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
chronicle - record in chronological order; make a historical record
file away, file - place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please"
document - record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development"
log - enter into a log, as on ships and planes
clock up, log up - record a distance travelled; on planes and cars
film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
videotape, tape - record on videotape
photograph, shoot, snap - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
score, mark - make underscoring marks
notch - notch a surface to record something
maintain, keep - maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
film - record in film; "The coronation was filmed"
save, preserve - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
register - record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
book - record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
6.enter - come on stage
dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays
7.enter - put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"
attach - cause to be attached
plug in, connect - plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight"
penetrate - insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; "Did the molester penetrate the child?"
cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate - introduce a cannule or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
input - enter (data or a program) into a computer
instil, instill - enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye"
embed, imbed, implant, plant, engraft - fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
sandwich - insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men"
graft, transplant - place athe organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
8.enter - take on duties or office; "accede to the throne"
ascend - become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
take office - assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?"
come after, succeed, follow - be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
9.enter - set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc.); "she embarked upon a new career"
begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
take up - pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"

 

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