enter

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To come or go into a place.

   You should knock before you enter the room.

2. 2
   verb

   To type information into a computer or device.

   Enter your username and password to log in.

3. 3
   verb

   To begin to take part in an activity, profession, or stage of life.

   My son will be entering his teens next year.

4. 4
   verb

   To write or record information in a list, account, or register.

   Each amount is entered in the debit column of the journal.

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.

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