entry
noun/ˈɛntɹi/
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.
14 senses
- 1The act of entering.
- 2Permission to enter.
- 3A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- 4The act of taking possession.
- 5The start of an insurance contract.
- 6A passageway between terraced houses that provides a…
- 7A small room immediately inside the front door of a…
- 8A small group formed within a church, especially…
- 9An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or…
- 10A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly…
- 11A term at any position in a matrix.
- 12The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the…
- 13The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- 14The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
The act of entering.
- The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive.
Permission to enter.
- Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.
- Strictly no entry for under-18s
A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
Law The act of taking possession.
Midlands A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
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.
A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships.
An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- Meronym: headword (sometimes synonymous)
- The entry on spiders is on page number 69.
A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
- What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
Linear algebra, Mathematics, Sciences A term at any position in a matrix.
- The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
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.
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
Hobbies, Hunting, Lifestyle The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
- 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.1956, Baily's Hunting Directory, page 311:
- Synonyms
- access, enter, entrance, admission, ingang, way in, alley, entrance hall, article, lemma, lexeme, record, element
- Derived terms
51 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, entryphone, entry phone, entry point, entry point for the eye, entry port, entryway, entrywise, entry wound, forced entry, forcible entry, interentry, misentry, multientry, negative entry, no entry, nonentry, port of entry, positive entry, postentry, post-entry, re-entry, re-entry shock, remote keyless entry, right of entry, rip entry, single-entry, subentry, video door entry, zero-entry