enter verb (INFORMATION) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus

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/ˈen.tər /

/-t ̬ɚ/ v

Definition

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[T] to put information into a computer, book or document

You have to enter a password to access the database.

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[T] formal to make a particular type of statement officially

The prisoner entered a plea of not guilty.

(Definition of enter verb (INFORMATION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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