Meaning

1 senses

  1. The action of entering; an instance of entering.

Examples

1948 sentences

  1. We saw her enter the room.

    Ми бачила, як вона входила до кімнати. — deniko

    ruМы видели, как она вошла в комнату. — ae5s

    deWir sahen sie den Raum betreten. — Hans_Adler

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  2. I saw him enter the house.

    Я бачив, як він входить до будинку. — deniko

    ruЯ видел, как он вошёл в дом. — Lili691

    deIch sah ihn ins Haus gehen. — Manfredo

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  3. I saw him enter the room.

    Я бачив, як він увійшов до кімнати. — deniko

    ruЯ видел его входящим в комнату. — odexed

    deIch sah ihn das Zimmer betreten. — xtofu80

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  4. She saw me enter the store.

    Вона бачила, як я зайшов до магазину. — aandrusiak

    ruОна видела, как я входил в магазин. — soweli_Elepanto

    deSie sah mich den Laden betreten. — Espi

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  5. Tom decided to enter the competition.

    Том вирішив взяти участь у змаганні. — deniko

    ruТом решил принять участие в соревновании. — odexed

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Origin

From Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō (“enter”, verb), from

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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Forms

plural: enters

Collocations

12 patterns
  • entered the room
  • to enter the
  • enter the cave
  • enter the house
  • entered the building
  • allowed to enter
  • entered the classroom
  • enter his room
  • shoes when entering
  • entering a house
  • enter the bank
  • enter the contest

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
entailentangleentanglemententendreenterpriseB2enterprisingC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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