noun
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The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
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A stroke of the Enter key.
verb
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To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
example
You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked.
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To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
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to enter a knife into a piece of wood; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.
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To go or come into (a state or profession).
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My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year. She had planned to enter the legal profession.
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To type (something) into a computer; to input.
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Enter your user name and password.
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To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
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To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
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To become effective; to come into effect.
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To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
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To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.
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to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment
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To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
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To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.
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To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
example
entered according to act of Congress
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To initiate; to introduce favourably.