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record | enter |

As nouns the difference between record and enter

is that record is record while enter is the "enter" key on a computer keyboard.

record

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from recorder. See .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
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    The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
    The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
  • Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
  • We have no record of you making this payment to us.
  • A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
  • I still like records better than CDs.
  • (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
  • The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.
  • The heat and humidity were both new records .
    The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
    Synonyms
    * log * (information put into a lasting physical medium) * (vinyl disk) disc/disk * (most extreme known value)
    Derived terms
    * activation record * for the record * of record * on record * off the record * on the record * record-breaking * public record * world record

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a record of information.
  • I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
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  • Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of.
  • Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
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  • (legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
  • When the deed was recorded , we officially owned the house.
  • To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
  • To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
  • (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
  • (ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • * W. Browne
  • whether the birds or she recorded best
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  • They longed to see the day, to hear the lark / Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.
  • (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
  • * Fuller
  • Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.
    Derived terms
    * recordable * recorder * recording

    Antonyms

    * (make a record of information) erase * (make an audio or video recording of) erase

    enter

    English

    Alternative forms

    * entre

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
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  • *:In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
  • (lb) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
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  • (lb) To go or come into (a state or profession).
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  • (lb) To type (something) into a computer; to .
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  • (lb) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
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  • To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
  • *
  • *:I am pleased to notify the Congress of my intent to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of Singapore.
  • To become effective; to come into effect.
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  • (lb) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
  • (legal) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.
  • to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment
    (Burrill)
  • to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry .
  • (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.
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  • to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
  • entered according to act of Congress
  • (obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
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  • *:This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings, / Shall enter me with him.
  • Synonyms

    * go in * come in

    Antonyms

    * (intransitive) exit

    Derived terms

    * entrance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing)
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