enter into
Verb

enter into

  1. (transitive, legal) To become legally committed to.
    One must be of legal age to enter into a contract.
  2. (transitive) To engage in a formal or informal process.
    The country entered into peace talks with the militants.
    • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:
      An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  3. (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.
    • 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
      [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
      [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
Translations
  • Spanish: entrar en



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