entering

Other forms of entering

plural

enterings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about entering

What does entering mean?

entering means "a movement into or inward". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in entering?

entering has 3 syllables: en-te-ring. The stress falls on "en". In IPA it is /ˈɛntɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for entering?

Close synonyms include entrance, entrance, entry, ingress, incoming. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is entering a common word?

entering is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.