/ˈɛntɹi/
OriginInherited 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.
- countable, uncountableThe act of entering.
“The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive.”
- uncountablePermission to enter.
“Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.”
“Strictly no entry for under-18s”
- countable, uncountableA doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- countable, uncountableThe act of taking possession.
- countable, uncountableThe start of an insurance contract.
- Midlands, countable, uncountableA passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- countable, uncountableA 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
- countable, uncountableA small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- countable, uncountableAn 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.”
- countable, uncountableA 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?”
- countable, uncountableA term at any position in a matrix.
“The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.”
- countable, uncountableThe 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.
- countable, uncountableThe point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- countable, uncountableThe 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.”
Formsentries(plural) · entery(alternative, archaic)