S: (v) enter, participate (become a participant; be involved in) "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations"
S: (v) enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit (register formally as a participant or member) "The party recruited many new members"
S: (v) 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?"
S: (v) succeed, come after, follow (be the successor (of)) "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
S: (v) accede, enter (take on duties or office) "accede to the throne"
S: (v) supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon (take the place or move into the position of) "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
S: (v) take office (assume an office, duty, or title) "When will the new President take office?"
S: (v) accede, enter (take on duties or office) "accede to the throne"
S: (v) assume, adopt, take on, take over (take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities) "When will the new President assume office?"
W: (n) accession [Related to: accede] (the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)) "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"