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enter
A	verb
	1	embark, enter
			set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc.); "she embarked upon a new career"
		Category Tree: get down; begin; get; start out; start; set about; set out; commence ╚embark, enter ╚take up
	2	record, enter, put down
			make a record of; set down in permanent form
		Category Tree: have; have got; hold ╚keep; hold on ╚save; preserve ╚record, enter, put down ╚manifest ╚ring up ╚post ╚accession ╚record; tape ╚clock in; punch in; clock on ╚tally; chalk up
	3	enter, participate
			become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations"

	4	insert, infix, enter, introduce
			put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚attach ╚insert, infix, enter, introduce ╚transplant; graft ╚sandwich ╚implant; engraft; embed; imbed; plant ╚instill; instil ╚input ╚cannulate; cannulize; cannulise; intubate; canulate ╚penetrate ╚plug in; connect
	5	enter
			come on stage

	6	enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
			to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

	7	accede, enter
			take on duties or office; "accede to the throne"
		Category Tree: succeed; come after; follow ╚accede, enter ╚ascend
	8	enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit
			register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members"
		Category Tree: have; have got; hold ╚keep; hold on ╚save; preserve ╚record; enter; put down ╚register ╚enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit ╚matriculate ╚register ╚unionize; unionise ╚enlist; draft; muster in
	9	figure, enter
			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?"
		Category Tree: be ╚figure, enter

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Enter, stage right
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