entered
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
An inflected form of enter · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 485 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 42,118 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.020% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- to come or go into also: come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
- become a participant; be involved in also: participate enter a raceenter an agreement
- register formally as a participant or member also: enroll, inscribe, enrol, recruit The party recruited many new members
- be or play a part of or in also: figure Elections figure prominently in every government programHow do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?
- make a record of; set down in permanent form also: record, put down
- come on stage
entered in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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As we entered the large hall, John beckoned us both into the smoking-room.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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When his old kinsman entered, Cambyses was lying on his purple couch, pale as death.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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A popular actress had entered her name on the ship's books, but something interfered and she couldn't go.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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The warning was unheeded by Ford, who entered upon the premises, when Biscoe, true to his word, fired upon him.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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He had been entered since birth at the crack house at Eton; and now to be pitchforked into Dirty Dick's at Harrow----!
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1