enters

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular present of enter.

   Whenever he enters a room, conversation seems to pause.

   The software enters each transaction into the ledger automatically.

   Note

   One spelling does all the verb's work, from walking into a room to keying data into a computer or recording a sum in a ledger. When the thing entered is the object, no preposition is needed: she enters the hall. Into comes back with agreements and treaties, as when a country enters into a pact. The same letters also spell the plural of the keyboard noun.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of enter.

   The macro counted the enters as separate line breaks in the document.

   A string of stray enters left blank rows scattered through the spreadsheet.

   Note

   A keyboard plural that counts presses of the Enter key, or the keys themselves. With a capital, Enter names the key; the lowercase spelling is an accepted variant, and it is the one in phrases like three enters or stray enters. An article or a number in front marks it as a noun, which keeps it apart from the verb form.

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