enter

About 46.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb 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. verb 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

3. verb To go or come into (a state or profession).

   My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year.

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

   Enter your user name and password.

5. verb To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
6. verb To come on to the stage during a performance.
7. verb Used as a stage direction, usually preceding the name of the character who appears.
8. verb Used in the manner of a stage direction: to enter the picture, to become relevant.

Similar words

get into come in go into participate introduce recruit insert enroll go in get in

Often followed by

the into a upon and it in on your

Word family

enterable entered entering enters