## Meanings
1. To come or go into a place.
2. To type information into a computer or device.
3. To begin to take part in an activity, profession, or stage of life.
4. To write or record information in a list, account, or register.

## Examples
- You should knock before you enter the room.
- Enter your username and password to log in.
- My son will be entering his teens next year.
- Each amount is entered in the debit column of the journal.

## Synonyms
- ingo

## Antonyms
- exit

## Derived Forms
- enterable
- enterer
- entrance
- misenter
- reenter
- unentered

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *terh₂-
- Root: entren
- Root: entrer
- Root: intrō

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Enter comes 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.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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