enter into
English
Verb
enter into (third-person singular simple present enters into, present participle entering into, simple past and past participle entered into)
- to penetrate
- (transitive, law) To become legally committed to.
- One must be of legal age to enter into a contract.
- (transitive) To engage in a formal or informal process.
- The country entered into peace talks with the militants.
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:
- 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’.
- (transitive) To 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.
- 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
- [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.
Translations
enter into — see penetrate
to become legally committed to
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to engage in a formal or informal process
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to be relevant; to be a contributing factor
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Anagrams
- intertone, retention, tontineer