ENTERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entering mean? 

• ENTERING (noun)
  The noun ENTERING has 2 senses:

1. a movement into or inward

2. the act of entering

  Familiarity information: ENTERING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A movement into or inward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

entering; entrance

Hypernyms ("entering" is a kind of...):

change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entering"):

encroachment; intrusion; invasion (any entry into an area not previously occupied)

Derivation:

enter (to come or go into)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of entering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress

Context example:

she made a grand entrance

Hypernyms ("entering" is a kind of...):

arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entering"):

incursion (the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers))

intrusion (entrance by force or without permission or welcome)

irruption (a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in)

entree (an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage)

enrollment; enrolment; registration (the act of enrolling)

penetration (the act of entering into or through something)

admission; admittance (the act of admitting someone to enter)

Derivation:

enter (come on stage)

enter (to come or go into)

 Context examples 

I held my bedroom candle lit in my hand, and, by its light, behind the first man I saw two others, who were in the act of entering.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Before entering, Holmes made an examination of the door which had been forced.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What did she do on re-entering her father’s house?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This morning, however, on entering his state-room to make the bed and put things in order, I found him well and hard at work.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The Professor unlocked the door, and seeing a natural hesitation amongst us for various reasons, solved the difficulty by entering first himself.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In pleading, they studiously avoid entering into the merits of the cause; but are loud, violent, and tedious, in dwelling upon all circumstances which are not to the purpose.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

You are entering a fantastic month, for January is one you will likely enjoy to the fullest.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"I have come for my courage," announced the Lion, entering the room.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He now said: And so, Mr. Copperfield, you think of entering into our profession?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Entering the room very softly, I had a view of him before he discovered my presence.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)