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entered on the boards

entered on the boards is the simple past and past participle of enter on the boards.

Meaning of enter on the boards

Verb

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

  1. (UK, archaic, idiomatic, transitive, Cambridge University) To inscribe the name of (a student) on a board or tablet in a college.
    • having been entered on the boards of Trinity college1834, author not stated, possibly Alfred, Lord Tennyson???, Preface to Remains in Verse and Prose of Arthur Henry Hallam

Questions about entered on the boards

What is entered on the boards the simple past and past participle of?
Entered on the boards is the simple past and past participle of enter on the boards.

Words near entered on the boards in the dictionary

  1. enterectomy
  2. entered
  3. Entered Apprentice
  4. entered into
  5. entered into the equation
  6. entered on the boards
  7. entered the chat
  8. entered the equation
  9. entered the lists
  10. entered the picture
  11. entered the scene

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