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entered

UK/ˈɛntə(ɹ)d/

entered 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 entered

What is entered the simple past and past participle of?
Entered is the simple past and past participle of enter.
How do you pronounce entered?
Entered is pronounced /ˈɛntə(ɹ)d/ (UK).

Words near entered in the dictionary

  1. enterclose
  2. entercloses
  3. enterdeal
  4. enterectomies
  5. enterectomy
  6. entered
  7. Entered Apprentice
  8. entered into
  9. entered into the equation
  10. entered on the boards
  11. entered the chat

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