释义 |
enter /enˈtər/ intransitive verb- To go or come in
- To penetrate
- To come onto the stage
- To take possession
- To become a member
- To put down one's name (as a competitor, candidate, etc)
- To join in or become a party or participator
transitive verb- To come or go into
- To penetrate
- To join or engage in
- To begin
- To put into
- To enrol or record
- To admit
- To inscribe or have inscribed
- To register (a vessel leaving a port, a horse for a race, a pupil for a school, etc)
- To insert a record of
- To send (an instruction, etc) to a processor for it to be implemented (computing)
- To initiate
- To become a member of
- To take possession of
- To obtain right of pre-emption to by recording one's name in a land office, etc (US)
noun (Shakespeare)Ingoing ORIGIN: Fr entrer, from L intrāre to go into, related to inter between enˈterable adjective enˈterer noun enˈtering noun and adjective enter key noun (computing) A key that terminates a line of text or executes a command (also called return key) enter a protest - To write it in an official document
- Therefore simply, to protest
enter into - To become concerned or involved in
- To be interested in
- To participate actively or heartily in
- To understand sympathetically
- To take up the discussion of
- To be part of
enter on or upon - To begin
- To engage in
return /ri-tûrnˈ/ intransitive verb- To come or go back
- To revert
- To recur
- To turn away (Bible)
- To continue with change of direction (architecture)
transitive verb- To give, put, cast, bring or send back
- To answer
- To retort
- To report officially
- To report as appointed or elected
- To elect to parliament
- To give in return
- To lead back or hit back (sport)
- To requite
- To repay
- To respond to in a similar manner
- To render
- To yield
- To make a turn at an angle (architecture)
- To turn round (Shakespeare)
- To turn back (Spenser)
- To come back over (Shakespeare)
noun- The act of returning
- A recurrence
- Reversion
- Continuation, or a continuing stretch, at an angle, esp a right angle (architecture, etc)
- That which comes in exchange
- Proceeds, profit, yield
- Recompense
- Requital
- An answer
- An answering performance
- A thing returned, esp an unsold newspaper
- (in pl) a light-coloured mild tobacco (orig refuse)
- The rendering back of a writ by the sheriff, with a report (law)
- An official report or statement, eg of one's taxable income (tax return) or (esp in pl) of the votes cast in an election
- Election to parliament
- A return ticket
- The enter key (qv) on a computer keyboard
adjective- Returning
- For return
- In return
- At right angles
ORIGIN: Fr retourner, from re- back, and tourner to turn returnˈable adjective returneeˈ noun Someone who returns or is returned, esp home from abroad or war service returnˈer noun A person who returns to paid employment after a period of absence, esp a woman doing so after having had children returnˈik noun (see -nik) a person, esp an E European, allowed or deciding to return to his or her country of origin after changes to its political system returnˈless adjective return crease see under crease1 returning officer noun The officer who presides at an election return key noun Same as enter key (see under enter) return match noun A second match played at a different venue by the same teams of players return order noun (law) An order granted by a court at the request of a creditor to the effect that a consumer returns the goods to the creditor return shock noun An electric shock due to induction sometimes felt after a lightning-flash return ticket noun A ticket entitling a passenger to travel to a place and back to his or her starting-point by return or return of post By the next post leaving in the opposite direction in return - In exchange
- In reply
many happy returns (of the day) A conventional expression of good wishes said to a person on his or her birthday |