enter into

verb

to penetrate

“One must be of legal age to enter into a contract.”

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Meanings

verbenter into (third-person singular simple present enters into, present participle entering into, simple past and past participle entered into)

present singular third person enters into · participle present entering into · participle past entered into · past entered into

  1. to penetrate
  2. transitivelawTo become legally committed to.

    One must be of legal age to enter into a contract.

  3. transitiveTo engage in a formal or informal process.

    The country entered into peace talks with the militants.

    1 more example

    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
  4. transitiveTo be relevant; to be a contributing factor in.

    He did the crime and will go to jail - the fact that he did not know it was illegal does not enter into it.

    1 more example

    [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

Translations

Danish indgå, indtræde i
  • indgåto become legally committed to
  • indtræde ito engage in a formal or informal process
Hungarian köt, kezd
  • kötto become legally committed to
  • kezdto engage in a formal or informal process
  • belekezdto engage in a formal or informal process
  • bocsátkozikto engage in a formal or informal process
  • belebocsátkozikto engage in a formal or informal process
  • szállto engage in a formal or informal process
  • szerepet játszikto be relevant; to be a contributing factor
  • belejátszikto be relevant; to be a contributing factor
  • közrejátszikto be relevant; to be a contributing factor
Norwegian Bokmål inngå
  • inngåto become legally committed to
Polish wchodzić w, wejść w
  • wchodzić wto become legally committed to
  • wejść wto become legally committed to
  • rozpoczynaćto engage in a formal or informal process
  • rozpocząćto engage in a formal or informal process
  • obejmowaćto be relevant; to be a contributing factor
  • objąćto be relevant; to be a contributing factor
  • wpisywać się wto be relevant; to be a contributing factor
  • wpisać się wto be relevant; to be a contributing factor
Russian вступать, являться важным фактором
  • вступать (vstupatʹ)to engage in a formal or informal process
  • являться важным фактором (javljatʹsja važnym faktorom)to be relevant; to be a contributing factor
Spanish entrar en
  • entrar ento engage in a formal or informal process
Cite this entry
APA

enter into. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enter%20into

MLA

“enter into.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enter%20into. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enter into,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enter%20into.

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