verbBeginner

enter

US

/ˈɛntər/

UK

/ˈentə/

Meaning

To go or come into a place, room, or building.

किसी जगह, कमरे या इमारत के अंदर जाना या आना।

Examples

“Please enter the room quietly while the meeting is in progress.”

enter + placepolite request

“Visitors must enter through the main gate and show their passes.”

enter through + openinginstructions

“Entry into the laboratory is restricted to trained staff.”

entry into + placeformal

Useful patterns

enter + a place, without a prepositionenter through + an openingenter a building or roomentry into + a place

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Word family

entry(noun)
entrance(noun)
re-enter(verb)

Common collocations

enter a roomenter a buildingenter through the gateenter the premisesenter the countryenter the water

Common mistakes

Not natural: She entered into the room.

Better: She entered the room.

Use enter directly with a place; into is usually unnecessary here.

किसी जगह के साथ enter सीधे आता है; यहाँ into लगाने की ज़रूरत नहीं है।

Not natural: The children entered to the hall.

Better: The children entered the hall.

Enter does not take to before the place someone goes into.

जिस जगह के अंदर कोई जाता है, उससे पहले enter के साथ to नहीं लगाते।

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Synonyms

Words with similar meaning

go intocome intostep intowalk intomove into
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Antonyms

Words with contrasting meaning

leaveexitgo out

Learner tip

Say “enter the room,” not “enter into the room”; use “into” after verbs like “go” or “walk.”

“Enter the room” कहें, “enter into the room” नहीं; “into” का इस्तेमाल “go” या “walk” जैसे verbs के बाद करें।

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What does “enter” mean in “They entered the museum”?

“They entered the museum” में “enter” का क्या मतलब है?