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Meaning of enter

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  enter
      v 1: to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow
           marshes" [syn: {enter}, {come in}, {get into}, {get in},
           {go into}, {go in}, {move into}] [ant: {exit}, {get out},
           {go out}, {leave}]
      2: become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter
         an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter
         negotiations" [syn: {enter}, {participate}] [ant: {chuck up
         the sponge}, {drop by the wayside}, {drop out}, {fall by the
         wayside}, {give up}, {quit}, {throw in}, {throw in the
         towel}]
      3: register formally as a participant or member; "The party
         recruited many new members" [syn: {enroll}, {inscribe},
         {enter}, {enrol}, {recruit}]
      4: be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in
         every government program"; "How do the elections figure in
         the current pattern of internal politics?" [syn: {figure},
         {enter}]
      5: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: {record},
         {enter}, {put down}]
      6: come on stage
      7: take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn:
         {accede}, {enter}]
      8: put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the
         text" [syn: {insert}, {infix}, {enter}, {introduce}]
      9: set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked
         upon a new career" [syn: {embark}, {enter}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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