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enter
1[ en-ter ]
verb (used without object)
- to come or go in:
Knock before you enter.
Antonyms:
- to be admitted into a school, competition, etc.:
Some contestants enter as late as a day before the race.
- to make a beginning (often followed by on or upon ):
We have entered upon a new phase in history.
- Theater. to come upon the stage (used in stage directions as the 3rd person imperative singular or plural):
Enter Othello, and Iago at a distance.
verb (used with object)
- to come or go into:
He just entered the building. The thought never entered my mind.
- to penetrate or pierce:
The bullet entered the flesh.
- to put in or insert.
Antonyms:
- to become a member of; join:
to enter a club.
- to cause to be admitted, as into a school, competition, etc.:
to enter a horse in a race.
- to make a beginning of or in, or begin upon; engage or become involved in:
He entered the medical profession.
- to share in; have an intuitive understanding of:
In order to appreciate the novel, one must be able to enter the spirit of the work.
- to make a record of; record or register:
to enter a new word in a dictionary.
- Law.
- to make a formal record of (a fact).
- to file an application for (public lands).
- Computers. to put (a document, program, data, etc.) into a computer system:
Enter your new document into the word-processing system.
- to put forward, submit, or register formally:
to enter an objection to a proposed action; to enter a bid for a contract.
- to report (a ship, cargo, etc.) at the custom house.
verb phrase
- to participate in; engage in.
- to investigate; consider:
We will enter into the question of inherited characteristics at a future time.
- to sympathize with; share in.
- to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
There is another factor that enters into the situation.
- to go into a particular state:
to enter into a state of suspended animation.
enter-
2- variant of entero- before a vowel:
enteritis.
enter
/ ˈɛԳə /
verb
- to come or go into (a place, house, etc)
- to penetrate or pierce
- tr to introduce or insert
- to join (a party, organization, etc)
- whenintr, foll by into to become involved or take part (in)
to enter into an agreement
to enter a game
- tr to record (an item such as a commercial transaction) in a journal, account, register, etc
- tr to record (a name, etc) on a list
- tr to present or submit
to enter a proposal
- intr theatre to come on stage: used as a stage direction
enter Juliet
- whenintr, often foll by into, on, or upon to begin; start
to enter upon a new career
- introften foll byupon to come into possession (of)
- tr to place (evidence, a plea, etc) before a court of law or upon the court records
- tr law
- to go onto and occupy (land)
- to file a claim to (public lands)
Derived Forms
- ˈԳٱ, adjective
- ˈԳٱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- t·· adjective
- t· noun
- ·t verb (used without object)
- un·t·· adjective
- ܲ·t adjective
- ɱ-t adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of enter1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of enter1
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What does enter- mean?
Enter- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “intestine.” The are the long tract of the digestive system that runs from the stomach to the anus. Enter- is often used in medical terms, especially in anatomy and pathology.
Enter- comes from the Greek éԳٱDz, meaning “intestine.” A scientific term for the digestive tract () is , which comes from this same Greek root. The word , literally meaning “bad bowels,” also derives from the Greek éԳٱDz.
Enter- is a variant of entero-, which loses its –o– when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.
Want to know more? Read our yvlogs That Use entero- article.
Examples of enter-
One medical term that features the combining form enter- is enteritis, meaning “inflammation of the intestines.”
As we have seen, enter- means “intestine.” The suffix -itis is used to denote inflammation, particularly of organs. So, enteritis literally translates to “intestine inflammation.”
What are some words that use the combining form enter-?
What are some other forms that enter– may be commonly confused with?
The combining form enter- shares all its letters with the common word enter, meaning “to come or go in.” Via French, enter ultimately comes from the Latin Գٰ, meaning “within”—and Գٰ is, in fact, distantly related to the Greek éԳٱDz. Our guts are within our bodies, after all.
Break it down!
The combining form -algia means “pain.” With this in mind, what is enteralgia?
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