to enter

Examples

• All

• This is what you see when you enter my room.

• Some of those trying to cross the borders are minors entering without an adult caretaker.

  Academic text (2013)

• A plaque on the right as you enter says why she built it.

• Do we dare enter the unknown in front of us?

• So now I'm going to enter and see what we get.

• I believe I saw them enter at the Northeast.

  Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

• When you dive through the waves, you enter another world, our ocean.

• We've just crossed the border, now entering Pakistan.

  Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

• As a result of the vote, Tunisia is entering a promising phase of its democratic transition.

  Academic text (2015)

• The data included a nationally representative cohort of children who had entered kindergarten in 1998-1999.

  Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

C

to come in

vsto enter

∞ 1.0

To enter a room or building

applies to going into any place or area generally

G

to go in

vsto enter

∞ 1.0

To move from outside into a place or room

is the general notion of coming inside any location

G

to go into

vsto enter

∞ 1.0

To move into a place, area, or state

focuses on physical movement into a place or area

G

to get in

vsto enter

∞ 1.0

To go inside a place or vehicle

covers coming into both open areas and enclosed spaces

W

to walk in

vsto enter

396 1.6

To enter a room or building by walking without knocking

is neutral about how the movement into a place happens

G

to get into

vsto enter

319 2.0

Move into or enter a place

is broader, meaning coming into any area rather than focusing on access

S

to set foot

vsto enter

99 3.2

To go into a place, often for the first time

simply denotes going into a place without the first-time emphasis

W

to walk straight into

vsto enter

2 3.7

To enter a place directly and confidently without hesitation

covers ordinary movement into places without stress on manner

Antonyms

E

to exit

125 1.0

To go out of a place or leave a situation

Idioms

E

to enter the equation

1 6.5

To become an important thing to think about in a situation

E

to enter the lists

• Archaic

9.3

To join a competition that already has other people competing to try to win

Phrasal Verbs

E

to enter the picture

• Informal

5 5.3

To become part of a situation and start to change what happens

E

to enter the competition

3 2.8

To sign up to take part in a contest

E

to enter the scene

1 3.8

To come into a situation and begin to take part or change it

E

to enter upon

• Formal

1 6.8

To take legal control of land or property

E

to enter the chat

• Texting

4.2

To join an online conversation in a chat room or messaging app

How Forceful

to barge in

• Informal

59 5.5

to burst in

21 3.3

to enter

∞ 1.0

to step in

240 3.2

to sneak in

• Informal

75 3.8

Surface Forms

Etymology