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enter
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English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĕnʹ-tər, IPA: /ˈɛntər/, SAMPA: /"Ent@r/
- Rhymes: -ɛntə(r)
- Hyphenation: en‧ter
Etymology
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.
Verb
enter (third-person singular simple present enters, present participle entering, simple past and past participle entered)
- 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?
- 1555, John Proctor, The historie of Wyates rebellion, with the order and maner of resisting the same, ...[1], page 86:
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input
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Noun
Enter-key marked with green, Return-key with redenter (plural enters)
- (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
- (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).
Translations
- Romanian:
- tasta de introducere de date f. (def.), tastă de validare intrări f.
- bătaie pe tasta ''Enter'' f., tastare a tastei ''Enter'' f.
Statistics
- Most common English words before 1923: nation · legal · spread · #966: enter · consider · provided · Rome
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Etymology
From Latin integer, integrum.
Adjective
enter m. (feminine entera, masculine plural enters, feminine plural enteres)
Noun
enter m. (plural enters)
- whole number, integer
- a complete lottery ticket (made up of ten dècims)
French
Etymology
From Latin imputare, present active infinitive of imputo.
Verb
enter
Conjugation
Conjugation of enter (see also Appendix:French verbs)| simple | compound | ||||||
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| 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 | — | ||
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