enter

Verb

• set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
  • she embarked upon a new career
    

• put or introduce into something
  • insert a picture into the text
    

• take on duties or office
  • accede to the throne
    

• come on stage

• make a record of; set down in permanent form

• be or play a part of or in
  • Elections figure prominently in every government program
    
  • How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?
    

• register formally as a participant or member
  • The party recruited many new members
    

• become a participant; be involved in
  • enter a race
    
  • enter an agreement
    
  • enter a drug treatment program
    
  • enter negotiations
    

• to come or go into
  • the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  embark , insert , infix , introduce , accede , record , put down , figure , enroll , inscribe , enrol , recruit , participate , come in , get into , get in , go into , go in , move into
• Antonyms: 
  drop out , give up , fall by the wayside , drop by the wayside , throw in , throw in the towel , quit , chuck up the sponge , exit , go out , get out , leave