Dictionary

enter into en · VERB

Meanings

1. to penetrate
2. (transitive) To become legally committed to.
   • One must be of legal age to enter into a contract.
3. (transitive) To engage in a formal or informal process.
   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’. 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:
   • The country entered into peace talks with the militants.
4. (transitive) To be relevant; to be a contributing factor in.
   • [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead. 1969, Monty Python, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, in Dead Parrot sketch:
   • He did the crime and will go to jail - the fact that he did not know it was illegal does not enter into it.

Forms

Translations (24)

hu köt (to become legally committed to) · pl wpisać się w (to be relevant; to be a contributing factor) · hu szerepet játszik (to be relevant; to be a contributing factor) · hu közrejátszik (to be relevant; to be a contributing factor) · pl wejść w (to become legally committed to) · ru являться важным фактором (to be relevant; to be a contributing factor) · nb inngå (to become legally committed to) · ru вступать (to engage in a formal or informal process) · es entrar en (to engage in a formal or informal process) · pl obejmować (to be relevant; to be a contributing factor) · pl objąć (to be relevant; to be a contributing factor) · hu belejátszik (to be relevant; to be a contributing factor) · hu kezd (to engage in a formal or informal process) · hu száll (to engage in a formal or informal process) · pl rozpoczynać (to engage in a formal or informal process) · pl rozpocząć (to engage in a formal or informal process) · hu belekezd (to engage in a formal or informal process) · hu belebocsátkozik (to engage in a formal or informal process) · pl wchodzić w (to become legally committed to) · hu bocsátkozik (to engage in a formal or informal process) · pl wpisywać się w (to be relevant; to be a contributing factor) · da indgå (to become legally committed to) · da indtræde i (to engage in a formal or informal process) · nn inngå (to become legally committed to)