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ENTER

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

Example:

she embarked upon a new career

Synonyms:

embark; enter

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a record of; set down in permanent form

Synonyms:

enter; put down; record

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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"):

book (record a charge in a police register)

register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)

film (record in film)

keep; maintain (maintain by writing regular records)

notch (notch a surface to record something)

mark; score (make underscoring marks)

photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)

tape; videotape (record on videotape)

film; shoot; take (make a film or photograph of something)

clock up; log up (record a distance travelled; on planes and cars)

log (enter into a log, as on ships and planes)

document (record in detail)

file; file away (place in a container for keeping records)

chronicle (record in chronological order; make a historical record)

inscribe (write, engrave, or print as a lasting record)

manifest (record in a ship's manifest)

ring up (to perform and record a sale on a cash register)

post (display, as of records in sports games)

accession (make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library)

record; tape (register electronically)

clock in; clock on; punch in (register one's arrival at work)

chalk up; tally (keep score, as in games)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

entry (an item inserted in a written record)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become a participant; be involved in

Example:

enter negotiations

Synonyms:

enter; participate

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

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)

Derivation:

entrant (one who enters a competition)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Put or introduce into something

Example:

insert a picture into the text

Synonyms:

enter; infix; insert; introduce

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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 (plug into an outlet)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 5

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

Derivation:

entering; entrance (the act of entering)

Sense 6

Meaning:

To come or go into

Example:

the boat entered an area of shallow marshes

Synonyms:

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enter"):

dock (come into dock)

encroach upon; intrude on; invade; obtrude upon (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate)

intrude; irrupt (enter uninvited)

board; get on (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))

turn in (make an entrance by turning from a road)

take water (enter the water)

call at; out in (enter a harbor)

walk in (enter by walking)

pop in (enter briefly)

file in (enter by marching in a file)

re-enter (enter again)

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

take the field (go on the playing field, of a football team)

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)

Derivation:

entering (the act of entering)

entering (a movement into or inward)

entrance (the act of entering)

entrance (a movement into or inward)

entrant (someone who enters)

entree (something that provides access (to get in or get out))

entry (the act of entering)

entry (something that provides access (to get in or get out))

Sense 7

Meaning:

Take on duties or office

Example:

accede to the throne

Synonyms:

accede; enter

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

Sense 8

Meaning:

Register formally as a participant or member

Example:

The party recruited many new members

Synonyms:

enrol; enroll; enter; inscribe; recruit

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

Sense 9

Meaning:

Be or play a part of or in

Example:

How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?

Synonyms:

enter; figure

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

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

Credits

 Context examples: 

Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood.

(Cancer, NCI Dictionary)

The monoclonal antibody binds to the surfaces of cancer cells and the maytansinoid DM4 enters the cells and blocks their growth.

(Cantuzumab Ravtansine, NCI Dictionary)

Ca2+ that enters the cell from the outside is a principal source of signal Ca2+.

(Calcium-Mediated Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

“Idiot that I was! I thought so much of our visit that the paper never entered my head for an instant. To be sure, the secret must be there.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The part of the pancreas from the point where it crosses the portal vein to the point where it enters the lienorenal ligament.

(Body of the Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common is viral meningitis, which you get when a virus enters the body through the nose or mouth and travels to the brain.

(Meningitis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Pyruvate can also be converted by pyruvate dehydrogenase into acetyl-CoA, which can enter into the Kreb's cycle to generate ATP, be converted to ketone bodies, or be directed into fatty acid biosynthesis.

(Catabolic Pathways for Alanine, Glycine, Serine, Cysteine, Tryptophan, and Threonine, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

I'm going very fast, and he's getting dearer every minute, added Jo to herself, then with a mental shake she entered into the business with an energy that was pleasant to behold.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Upon intratumoral administration, MVA-FCU1TG4023 enters tumor cells where FCU1 is expressed.

(MVA-FCU1 TG4023, NCI Thesaurus)

Other molecules in newition to fatty acids can also enter the omega oxidation pathway.

(Omega-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)