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ENTER UPON

Pronunciation (US):

• ENTER UPON (verb)
The verb ENTER UPON has 1 sense:

1. take possession of

Familiarity information: ENTER UPON used as a verb is very rare.

• ENTER UPON (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Take possession of

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

enter upon; luck into; come upon

Context example:

She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives

Hypernyms (to "enter upon" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

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