ENTERED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

entered

verb

past tense of enter

as in penetrated

to go or come in or into the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution

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as in joined

to become a member of patriotic young men and women entering the armed services debutantes entering society

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as in recorded

to put (someone or something) on a list new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database

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as in received

to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to the club enters only five new members a year

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Recent Examples of entered The company entered the country more than 20 years ago with an affiliate. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Once the eighth wrestler has entered the match, all of the remaining wrestlers will enter a 15-minute scoring period. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 After they were patted down, the women timidly entered the small space, sitting side-by-side in salon chairs to wait for Dastine and her two assistants to assess their hair. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026 The burglars took an ATM, and then entered a second vehicle and fled in an unknown direction, leaving the Jeep behind. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Chisholm entered Wednesday’s game for Jose Caballero in the seventh inning. — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 The court struck down procedural barriers that prevented some people from seeking asylum, including those who entered South Africa irregularly, lacked asylum transit visas or missed reporting deadlines, the committee said. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 With an electronic record, a mistake may not become apparent until after the traveler has already completed inspection and entered the country. — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 The two entered a room full of mathematicians who were well supplied with lunch, snacks, and coffee and got to work. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

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The Madlanga Commission, a judicial inquiry set up after a senior police commander alleged last year that criminality and political interference had penetrated the justice system, has now sat for more than 180 days.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
There were three bullet impacts against the windshield and side of the Airstream, but none of the rounds penetrated the vehicle, the report said.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

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With the property's May 2019 opening, Boston joined New York City, San Francisco, Miami, and Beverly Hills as the fifth city with two Four Seasons (the older Boston Four Seasons is located on Boston's Boylston Street).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Garfield was joined at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall by Guadagnino, writer Simon Rich and actors Yura Borisov (as OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever), Ike Barinholtz (as Elon Musk) and Cooper Hoffman (as OpenAI president Greg Brockman).

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of joined

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Boosted by Heated Rivalry, Crave recorded just over 5 million subs in Bell’s most recent results, and is eyeing 6 million by end of 2028, but Cohan is thinking beyond that.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Scientists have recorded what happens inside a crystal in the split second before a quantum bit forms.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of recorded

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The Marine Corps’ 12th Marine Littoral Regiment formally received both systems in June.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Every dollar received should represent a dollar’s worth of service rendered—not gambling in stocks but service rendered.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of received

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The second employee’s IP address log-in data showed that the employee accessed the internet from Alabama for several months in the latter half of 2025.

— Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Anyone who accessed the CVS or CVS Health website or used the CVS app before July 27, 2026, may qualify as a class member.

— Brian Sloan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of accessed

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In tracking a potential illness in the locker room, wide receiver Jonathan Mingo popped up on the injury report on Wednesday with an illness and was listed as questionable.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Last year, a $22 million villa also listed on Belvedere Island, this one accessible via a funicular.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026