Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enter the lists

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: en-ter the lists
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take part in a struggle or conflict.

British usage

Example Sentences

"...my father, who was infinitely the better politician, and took the lead as far of my uncle Toby in the cabinet, as my uncle Toby took it of him in the field——convinced him, that if the king of Spain and the Emperor went together by the ears, England and France and Holland must, by force of their pre-engagements, all enter the lists too..."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

enters the lists (present, singular) entering the lists (participle, present) entered the lists (participle, past) entered the lists (past)

Questions

What does enter the lists mean?: To take part in a struggle or conflict.

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