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enter upon

Variant of enter

transitive verb

  1. to come or go in or into
  2. to force a way into; penetrate; pierce: the bullet entered his body
  3. to put into; insert
  4. to write down in a record, list, diary, etc.; make an entry of
    1. to list as a participant in a competition, race, etc.
    2. to become a participant in (a contest)
  5. to join; become a part or member of (a political party, school, club, etc.)
  6. to get (a person, etc.) admitted
  7. to start upon; begin: to enter a career
  8. to present for consideration; submit, esp. formally or officially: to enter a protest
  9. to register (a ship or cargo) at a customhouse
  10. to input (data, a password, etc.) into a computer or other electronic device
  11. Law
    1. to place on record before a court
    2. to go upon or into (land or property) and take possession
    3. ☆ to file a claim for (a parcel of public land)

intransitive verb

  1. to come or go into some place; make an entrance: also used as a stage direction meaning “he (or she) comes, or they come, on stage”
  2. to pierce; penetrate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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