enter

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From Middle English entren > Old French entrer > Latin intrō, from intrā (“inside”). Has been spelled as "enter" for several centuries even in the United Kingdom, although British English retains the "re" ending for many words such as centre, fibre, spectre, theatre, calibre, sombre, lustre, and litre.

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enter (third-person singular simple present enters, present participle entering, simple past and past participle entered)

  1. To go into (a room, etc.)
    • 1555, John Proctor, The historie of Wyates rebellion, with the order and maner of resisting the same, ...[1], page 86:
      ... you can fynde in youre heartes to assaulte her with rebellion, or in any wise [ways] suffer any one eyvil motion to enter into your thoughtes against her?
  2. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input

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to go into (a room, etc.)
to type into a computer
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Enter-key marked with green, Return-key with red

enter (plural enters)

  1. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
  2. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).

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From Latin integer, integrum.

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enter m. (feminine entera, masculine plural enters, feminine plural enteres)

  1. entire
  2. complete

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enter m. (plural enters)

  1. whole number, integer
  2. a complete lottery ticket (made up of ten dècims)

[edit] French

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From Latin imputare, present active infinitive of imputo.

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enter

  1. (agriculture) to graft
  2. to implant

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   Conjugation of enter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive enter avoir enté
gerund en entant en ayant enté
present participle entant
past participle enté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present ente entes ente entons entez entent
imperfect entais entais entait entions entiez entaient
past historic1 entai entas enta entâmes entâtes entèrent
future enterai enteras entera enterons enterez enteront
conditional enterais enterais enterait enterions enteriez enteraient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present ente entes ente entions entiez entent
imperfect1 entasse entasses entât entassions entassiez entassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— ente — entons entez —
1literary tenses

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