entering

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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