enter into

Join an agreement

Enter into signals a formal or significant beginning.

You enter into a contract, agreement, or partnership—commitments with weight and consequence.

To enter into negotiations or discussions is to engage seriously.

The phrase also means to participate fully: She entered into the spirit of the celebration.

Enter into can describe factors that become relevant: Cost didn't enter into my decision.

engage

participate

Take an active role

partake · collaborate · immerse · contribute · cooperate · interact · integrate · invest · devote · pledge

begin

initiate

To set in motion

start · undertake · inaugurate · kickoff · onset · outset · inception · genesis · debut · threshold

agreement

contract

Enforceable written agreement

  • negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
  • treatyBinding pact between nations
  • pactFormal agreement between parties

covenant · alliance · partnership · arrangement · understanding · terms · settlement · accord · deal · compact

discussion

debate

Formal argument on issues

deliberation · discourse · talks · exchange · consultation · parley · conference · mediation · dispute · argument

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Opposites
participation/engagement

enter intoback out of

leave · quit · abandon · walk away from · terminate

commitment/obligation

enter intobreak off

Separate by snapping

terminate · cancel · renounce · rescind · nullify

relational engagement

enter intoend

Final portion or cessation

sever · break off · dissolve · terminate · part ways

Family

enter, entry, into, entrance, introduce, entered, introduction, entering, introduced

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