enter

To go or come into a place.

• Please enter the room quietly.
• She entered through the back door.
• Nobody can enter after the concert starts.

How to use it: enter something (We entered the museum at noon.); enter through something (Visitors enter through the main gate.)

Similar words: go in, come in

Opposites: leave, exit

Common phrases: enter a room, enter the building, enter through something, enter a building

To type information into a computer or other electronic device.

• Enter your name here.
• I entered the wrong password.
• Have you entered all the details?

How to use it: enter something into something (She entered the figures into a spreadsheet.)

Similar words: type, input

Common phrases: enter a password, enter your name, enter data

To put something into a place or make someone become part of a group.

• He entered the blade into the narrow opening.
• They entered their son in a private school.
• The clerk entered her in the register of members.

How to use it: enter something into something (The worker entered the pin into the small hole.); enter someone in something (Her parents entered her in the local school.)

Similar words: insert, put in, admit

Common phrases: enter something into something, enter someone in something

To go onto land and take control of it as its owner or lawful user.

• The heir entered the estate after the court’s decision.
• The tenant may enter the land once the lease begins.
• They entered the property and took possession.

Similar words: take possession of

Common phrases: enter the land, enter an estate

A keyboard key used to confirm a command or start a new line.

• Press enter to continue.
• I hit enter after typing my name.
• The enter key starts a new line here.

Similar words: return

Common phrases: press enter, hit enter, enter key