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entering on the boards

entering on the boards is the present participle and gerund 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 entering on the boards

What is entering on the boards the present participle and gerund of?
Entering on the boards is the present participle and gerund of enter on the boards.

Words near entering on the boards in the dictionary

  1. enterics
  2. enteries
  3. entering
  4. entering into
  5. entering into the equation
  6. entering on the boards
  7. entering the chat
  8. entering the equation
  9. entering the lists
  10. entering the picture
  11. entering the scene

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