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entre

entre is the archaic spelling 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.

See all 19 meanings of enter

Forms of entre

third-person singular presententres
present participleentring
past participleentred
pastentred

Phrases with entre

Words that rhyme with entre

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Questions about entre

What is entre the archaic spelling of?
Entre is the archaic spelling of enter.

Words near entre in the dictionary

  1. entrapping
  2. entrappingly
  3. entraps
  4. entraunce
  5. entraunces
  6. entre
  7. Entre Ríos
  8. entreasure
  9. entreasured
  10. entreasures
  11. entreasuring

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