Dictionary entry details
• ENTER (verb)
Meaning:
To come or go into
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
move into; go into; go in; get in; enter; come in; get into
Context example:
the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enter"):
turn in (make an entrance by turning from a road)
board; get on (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))
intrude; irrupt (enter uninvited)
encroach upon; intrude on; invade; obtrude upon (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate)
dock (come into dock)
take water (enter the water)
call at; out in (enter a harbor)
walk in (enter by walking)
take the field (go on the playing field, of a football team)
penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)
re-enter (enter again)
file in (enter by marching in a file)
pop in (enter briefly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
exit (move out of or depart from)
Also:
enter upon (take possession of)
Meaning:
Become a participant; be involved in
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
participate; enter
Context examples:
enter a race / enter an agreement / enter a drug treatment program / enter negotiations
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enter"):
jump (enter eagerly into)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
drop out (give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat)
Meaning:
Register formally as a participant or member
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
recruit; enroll; enrol; inscribe; enter
Context example:
The party recruited many new members
Hypernyms (to "enter" is one way to...):
register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enter"):
draft; enlist; muster in (engage somebody to enter the army)
unionise; unionize (recruit for a union or organize into a union)
register (enroll to vote)
matriculate (enroll as a student)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be or play a part of or in
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
figure; enter
Context examples:
Elections figure prominently in every government program / How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?
Hypernyms (to "enter" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Make a record of; set down in permanent form
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
record; enter; put down
Hypernyms (to "enter" is one way to...):
preserve; save (to keep up and reserve for personal or special use)
Domain category:
recording; transcription (the act of making a record (especially an audio record))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enter"):
clock up; log up (record a distance travelled; on planes and cars)
film; shoot; take (make a film or photograph of something)
tape; videotape (record on videotape)
photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)
mark; score (make underscoring marks)
notch (notch a surface to record something)
keep; maintain (maintain by writing regular records)
film (record in film)
register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)
book (record a charge in a police register)
log (enter into a log, as on ships and planes)
document (record in detail)
chalk up; tally (keep score, as in games)
clock in; clock on; punch in (register one's arrival at work)
record; tape (register electronically)
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)
manifest (record in a ship's manifest)
inscribe (write, engrave, or print as a lasting record)
chronicle (record in chronological order; make a historical record)
file; file away (place in a container for keeping records)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Come on stage
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
"Enter" entails doing...:
act; play; represent (play a role or part)
Domain category:
dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Put or introduce into something
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
infix; insert; introduce; enter
Context example:
insert a picture into the text
Hypernyms (to "enter" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enter"):
graft; transplant (place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient)
sandwich (insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects)
embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant (fix or set securely or deeply)
instil; instill (enter drop by drop)
input (enter (data or a program) into a computer)
cannulate; cannulise; cannulize; canulate; intubate (introduce a cannula or tube into)
penetrate (insert the penis into the vagina or anus of)
connect; plug in (plug into an outlet)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Take on duties or office
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
accede; enter
Context example:
accede to the throne
Hypernyms (to "enter" is one way to...):
take office (assume an office, duty, or title)
come after; follow; succeed (be the successor (of))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enter"):
ascend (become king or queen)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
embark; enter
Context example:
she embarked upon a new career
Hypernyms (to "enter" is one way to...):
begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enter"):
take up (pursue or resume)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
