Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of enter
"She entered the room quietly to avoid waking the sleeping baby."
In plain English: To enter means to go inside a place or start taking part in something.
"She entered the room quietly."
Usage: Use "entered" to describe the action of going inside a place or joining a group that happened in the past. It functions as both the simple past tense and the past participle when combined with an auxiliary verb like "has" or "had.
Derived from Old English entran, entered is the past tense of enter, originally meaning to go in or come into a place. It retains this core sense of movement across boundaries in modern usage.