Collocations for enter - verb
1. come/go into a place
ADVERB
illegally
people who enter the country illegally
people who enter the country illegally
cautiously
quickly, slowly
quietly, silently
suddenly
quickly, slowly
quietly, silently
suddenly
VERB + enter
allow sb/sth to,
permit sb/sth to
He stood back to allow us to enter.
He stood back to allow us to enter.
forbid sb to
PREPOSITION
by,
through
We entered through a large iron gate.
We entered through a large iron gate.
from
The dancers entered from the side of the stage.
The dancers entered from the side of the stage.
PHRASES
enter and exit,
enter and leave
They pass each other as they enter and exit the building.
They pass each other as they enter and exit the building.
2. add information to sth
PREPOSITION
in
Your details have been entered in our database.
Your details have been entered in our database.
into,
on,
onto
Please enter all your personal details on the form provided.
Enter the data onto the computer.
Please enter all your personal details on the form provided.
Enter the data onto the computer.
enter into sth - PHRASAL VERB
ADVERB
freely,
voluntarily
Staying married is a choice that is freely entered into.
Staying married is a choice that is freely entered into.
Enter is used with these nouns as the subject:
army, bullet, competitor, cubicle, immigrant, team, train, troops, vessel
army, bullet, competitor, cubicle, immigrant, team, train, troops, vessel
Enter is used with these nouns as the object:
academy, airspace, arena, army, atmosphere, bankruptcy, bar, battle, bloodstream, business, cabinet, camp, century, chamber, chart, church, college, command, competition, confines, consciousness, contest, convent, conversation, country, data, debate, decade, dispute, dock, education, elevator, equation, era, event, field, final, folklore, forest, foyer, game, grade, ground, hallway, harbour, head, high school, industry, inheritance, kindergarten, league, lung, mainstream, mall, mansion, market, marketplace, menopause, middle age, military, mind, minefield, ministry, mode, monastery, mythology, name, navy, number, office, orbit, paradise, parliament, partnership, password, period, phase, plea, politics, port, precinct, premises, production, profession, programme, prostitution, puberty, quiz, race, raffle, rally, rank, realm, recession, repertoire, restroom, retirement, ring, room, roundabout, school, season, service, stage, strait, talk, territory, theatre, tournament, trance, treatment, tunnel, turn, university, usage, vagina, valley, vehicle, vocabulary, war, week, workforce, world, yard, zone
academy, airspace, arena, army, atmosphere, bankruptcy, bar, battle, bloodstream, business, cabinet, camp, century, chamber, chart, church, college, command, competition, confines, consciousness, contest, convent, conversation, country, data, debate, decade, dispute, dock, education, elevator, equation, era, event, field, final, folklore, forest, foyer, game, grade, ground, hallway, harbour, head, high school, industry, inheritance, kindergarten, league, lung, mainstream, mall, mansion, market, marketplace, menopause, middle age, military, mind, minefield, ministry, mode, monastery, mythology, name, navy, number, office, orbit, paradise, parliament, partnership, password, period, phase, plea, politics, port, precinct, premises, production, profession, programme, prostitution, puberty, quiz, race, raffle, rally, rank, realm, recession, repertoire, restroom, retirement, ring, room, roundabout, school, season, service, stage, strait, talk, territory, theatre, tournament, trance, treatment, tunnel, turn, university, usage, vagina, valley, vehicle, vocabulary, war, week, workforce, world, yard, zone