entry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕnʹtrē
ipa: /ˈɛntɹi/
rhymes: -ɛntɹi
Forms: form: entries
form: entery
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English entre, from Old French entree (feminine past participle of the verb entrer, Modern French entrée). From Latin intrō. Doublet of entrada and entrée.
Senses: examples: text: The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive.
glosses: The act of entering.
examples: text: Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.
text: Strictly no entry for under-18s
glosses: Permission to enter.
glosses: A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
topics: law
glosses: The act of taking possession.
topics: business
insurance
glosses: The start of an insurance contract.
glosses: A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
glosses: A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
glosses: A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
examples: text: Meronym: headword (sometimes synonymous)
text: The entry on spiders is on page number 69.
glosses: An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
examples: text: What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
glosses: A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
examples: text: The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A term at any position in a matrix.
glosses: The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
examples: text: Here was an excellent entry of hounds which would have fulfilled the late Earl Bathurst's dictum that breeders should always breed from hounds rather larger than those which they expect to put on.
ref: 1956, Baily's Hunting Directory, page 311:
topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
Synonyms: sense: act of entering
word: access
sense: act of entering
word: enter
sense: act of entering
word: entrance
sense: permission to enter
word: access
sense: permission to enter
word: admission
sense: doorway that provides a means of entering a building
word: entrance
sense: doorway that provides a means of entering a building
word: ingang
sense: doorway that provides a means of entering a building
word: way in
sense: passageway between terraced houses
word: alley
sense: room just inside the front door of a building
word: entrance hall
sense: article in a dictionary or encyclopedia
word: article
sense: article in a dictionary or encyclopedia
word: lemma
sense: article in a dictionary or encyclopedia
word: lexeme
sense: record in a log
word: record
sense: term in a matrix
word: element
Derived terms: adjusting entry
analytical entry
arctic entry
barrier to entry
bill of entry
book entry
book of first entry
book of original entry
book of prime entry
break and entry
counterentry
data entry
door entry system
double-entry
entry date
entry fee
entry ignition engine
entryism
entryist
entryless
entry-level
entry-phone
entry phone
entryphone
entry point
entry point for the eye
entry port
entryway
entrywise
entry wound
forced entry
forcible entry
interentry
misentry
multientry
no entry
nonentry
port of entry
post-entry
postentry
re-entry
re-entry shock
remote keyless entry
right of entry
rip entry
single-entry
subentry
video door entry
zero-entry
Related terms: enter
entrance