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) 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) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action) "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
S: (v) recommence (begin again) "we recommenced his reading after a short nap"
S: (v) strike out (set out on a course of action) "He struck out on his own"
S: (v) fall (begin vigorously) "The prisoners fell to work right away"
S: (v) jump off (set off quickly, usually with success) "The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class"
S: (v) get to (arrive at the point of) "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"
S: (v) auspicate (commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck) "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"
S: (v) attack (set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task) "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
S: (v) break in (start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role)
S: (v) plunge, launch (begin with vigor) "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
S: (v) come on (occur or become available) "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake"
S: (v) embark, enter (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)) "she embarked upon a new career"