enter into

Verb

Meaning

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.

(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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

pact participate engage commit embark partake come in go into set about sit in preengage

Examples

The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate, in order to return us to this divine communion, which was lost by the fall into sin. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we enter into communion with the Father and thus attain our purpose. Theophan the Recluse

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth. Havelock Ellis

Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing. George Mason

Tumbleweed will not enter into the mouth of the lying camel. Tywa Proverb

He that will enter into paradise must have a good key. Romanian Proverb

One does not enter into the water and then run from the cold. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

enter for enter in enter in tabular form enter into a marriage enter into a marriage contract enter into an agreement