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/ˈɛntə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
verbTo cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
Sentence Examples
Enter by the narrow gate.
Take off your hat when you enter a classroom.
Enter a username and password to get into the system.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Please remember to knock before you ____ the professor's private office.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You need a valid pass to ____ the restricted area of the laboratory.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō (“enter”, verb), from intrā (“inside”). Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English and the English of many Commonwealth Countries (e.g. Australia, Canada) retain the "re" ending for many words such as centre, fibre, spectre, theatre, calibre, sombre, lustre, and litre.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]you can fynde in youre heartes to assaulte her with rebellion, or in any wise [ways] suffer any one eyvil motion to enter into your thoughtes against her?"
— 1555, John Proctor, The historie of Wyates rebellion, with the order and maner of resisting the same, …, page 86:
"Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:5:
"In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.[…]Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion."
— 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
"We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle."
— 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
"Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. … But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining"."
— 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please remember to knock before you ____ the professor's private office.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You need a valid pass to ____ the restricted area of the laboratory.