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enter'd

enter'd is the simple past and past participle of enter.

Meaning of enter

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
    • You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked.
  2. (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
    • to enter a knife into a piece of wood
  3. (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
    • My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year.
  4. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
    • Enter your user name and password.
  5. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
    • Each amount entered in the debit column of the journal is posted by entering it on the credit side/column of an account in the ledger.2003, A. Mukherjee, M. Hanif, Financial Accounting, →ISBN, page 27
  6. (intransitive) Used as a stage direction, usually preceding the name of the character who appears.

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Questions about enter'd

What is enter'd the simple past and past participle of?
Enter'd is the simple past and past participle of enter.

Words near enter'd in the dictionary

  1. enter the chat
  2. enter the equation
  3. enter the lists
  4. enter the picture
  5. enter the scene
  6. enter'd
  7. enter-
  8. Enter.
  9. entera
  10. enterable
  11. enteral

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