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enter

verb [T] (PERIOD)
 
 
/ˈen.tər/ US  /-t̬ɚ/

Definition

C1 to begin a period of time: The project is entering its final stages. The violence is now entering its third week.Starting and beginningStarting again
(Definition of enter verb (PERIOD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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