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Entering   /ˈɛntərɪŋ/  /ˈɛnərɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Enter  v. t.  (past & past part. entered; pres. part. entering)  
1.
To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea. "That darksome cave they enter." "I,... with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent."
2.
To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.
3.
To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.
4.
To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation.
5.
To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.
6.
To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse.
7.
(Law)
(a)
To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
(b)
To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment.
8.
To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry, 4.
9.
To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption. (U.S.)
10.
To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress."
11.
To initiate; to introduce favorably. (Obs.)


Enter  v. i.  
1.
To go or come in; often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. "The year entering." "No evil thing approach nor enter in." "Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not enter." "For we which have believed do enter into rest."
2.
To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter.
3.
To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; with into. "He is particularly pleased with... Sallust for his entering into internal principles of action."


adjective
entering  adj.  Incoming; of a person or group assuming a role. Opposite of leaving and outgoing. (predicate)
Synonyms: ingoing.





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"Entering" Quotes from Famous Books



... picnic party were next called upon, and nothing very damaging to Radnor was produced. He seemed to be in his usual spirits before entering the cave, and no one, it transpired, had seen him after he came out, though this was not noted at the time. Also, no one had noticed him in conversation with his father. The coroner dwelt upon this point, but elicited no information one way or ...
— The Four Pools Mystery • Jean Webster
... the scalps up inside the dug-out, directly in front of the door, so that Uncle Kit and Mr. Hughes would see them the first thing on entering the cabin. Then I set about getting supper, all the while thinking what a mighty deed I had done in saving our cabin, which ...
— Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains • William F. Drannan
... thought, he complimented Esther on her looks, and then, with increasing interest, inquired what kind of people she was staying with. But Esther was in no humour for conversation, and answered his questions briefly without entering into details. Her reserve only increased his curiosity, which fired up at the first mention of ...
— Esther Waters • George Moore
... or less successfully intercepted were trifles. Had the restless explorer been content to pace those dreary sands during three weeks of inactivity, with no thought of penetrating the inland forests behind the range, or of even entering the nobler bay beyond? Or was the location of the spot a mere tradition as wild and unsupported as the "marvells" of the other volume? Pomfrey had the skepticism of the scientific, ...
— Under the Redwoods • Bret Harte
... as any created by caste-tradition in India; and never was Ghetto more separated from the rest of a European city by walls and gates, than an Eta settlement from the rest of a Japanese town by social prejudice. No Japanese would dream of entering an Eta settlement unless obliged to do so in some official capacity.... At the pretty little seaport of Mionoseki, I saw an Eta settlement, forming one termination of the crescent of streets extending round ...
— Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation • Lafcadio Hearn


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