enter

入る

ある場所の中へ行ったり来たりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： enter something (We entered the museum at noon.); enter through something (Visitors enter through the main gate.)

類義語： go in, come in

反対語： leave, exit

よく使う表現： enter a room, enter the building, enter through something, enter a building

入力する

コンピューターなどの電子機器に情報を打ち込むこと。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： enter something into something (She entered the figures into a spreadsheet.)

類義語： type, input

よく使う表現： enter a password, enter your name, enter data

挿入する、入れる、入学させる

物をある場所に入れたり、人を集団に加えたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： 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.)

類義語： insert, put in, admit

よく使う表現： enter something into something, enter someone in something

占有する

土地に入り、所有者や正当な使用者として管理すること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： take possession of

よく使う表現： enter the land, enter an estate

エンターキー、リターンキー

命令を確定したり、改行したりするキーボードのキー。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： return

よく使う表現： press enter, hit enter, enter key