To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. • To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted. • To go or come into (a state or profession). • To type (something) into a computer; to input. • To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc. • To come on to the stage during a performance. • Used as a stage direction, usually preceding the name of the character who appears. • Used in the manner of a stage direction: to enter the picture, to become relevant. • To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc. • To become effective; to come into effect. • To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them. • To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order. • To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry. • To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption. • To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.). • To initiate; to introduce favourably. • To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up.