entry
an act of entering; entrance.
a place of ingress or entrance, especially an entrance hall or vestibule.
permission or right to enter; access.
the act of entering or recording something in a book, register, list, etc.
the statement, item, etc., so entered or recorded.
a person or thing entered in a contest or competition.
Law. act of taking possession of lands or tenements by entering or setting foot on them.
the giving of an account of a ship's cargo at a custom house, to obtain permission to land the goods.
Accounting. the record of any transaction found in a bookkeeper's journal.
Bookkeeping.
Mining. adit (def. 2).
Also called entry card .Bridge. a winning card in one's hand or the hand of one's partner that gives the lead to one hand or the other.
Origin of entry
1Other words for entry
Other words from entry
- non·en·try, noun, plural non·en·tries.
- pre·en·try, noun, plural pre·en·tries.
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How to use entry in a sentence
Chicken is simply an easier sell to fast-food customers, and the Chicken Sandwich Wars are still dragging on, with McDonald’s and KFC planning to drop new entries in the next few weeks.
Popeyes’ new fish sandwich is a muted sequel to the chicken sandwich blockbuster of 2019 | Emily Heil | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostYeun was drawn to how the film didn’t seek to define itself as any one thing, and lacked a barrier to entry.
Unnatural acts’ in the headline above was a non-inking entry submitted by both Kevin Dopart and William Kennard.
I then give you a pot of $100 to start the game, taken out of your entry fee.
In the first year that Digiday has expanded this awards program to include TV alongside other video formats, finalists include remarkable entries from Comedy Central Digital, VH1 and Johnson & Johnson.
Comedy Central Digital, VH1 and Johnson & Johnson top this year’s Digiday Video and TV Awards shortlist | Melissa Hayes | February 9, 2021 | Digiday
An examination of some of the rumors surrounding the newest entry in the Star Wars canon.
Juiciest ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Rumors (and Some Debunked Ones) | Rich Goldstein | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThese “free” games display ads, often in obnoxious places, in lieu of the entry fee.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art | Alec Kubas-Meyer | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore Fidel, when segregation was in full swing, the Cuban apartheid meant many clubs and parks still refused black Cubans entry.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis entry into the business of film making was as designer and writer of title cards for silent films.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sweepstakes begins on December 9th, 2014 at 8:00 AM EST and ends on January 31st, 2015 at 11:59 EST (the "entry Period").
The Daily Beast Company LLC The New Alphas Sweepstakes Official Rules | | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayEach entry on the vault record book shall be signed by the persons having access to the safe.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsBonaparte made his public entry into Milan under a triumphal arch.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHe remembered Tony's words later: that another actor was expected with whose entry the piece would turn more real—turn tragic.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodJess looked past him and saw a female and a male figure crowding into the entry.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
British Dictionary definitions for entry
/ (ˈɛntrɪ) /
the act or an instance of entering; entrance
a point or place for entering, such as a door, gate, etc
the right or liberty of entering; admission; access
(as modifier): an entry permit
the act of recording an item, such as a commercial transaction, in a journal, account, register, etc
an item recorded, as in a diary, dictionary, or account
a person, horse, car, etc, entering a competition or contest; competitor
(as modifier): an entry fee
the competitors entering a contest considered collectively: a good entry this year for the speed trials
the people admitted at one time to a school, college, or course of study, etc, considered collectively; intake
the action of an actor in going on stage or his manner of doing this
criminal law the act of unlawfully going onto the premises of another with the intention of committing a crime
property law the act of going upon another person's land with the intention of asserting the right to possession
any point in a piece of music, esp a fugue, at which a performer commences or resumes playing or singing
cards a card that enables one to transfer the lead from one's own hand to that of one's partner or to the dummy hand
English dialect a passage between the backs of two rows of terraced houses
Origin of entry
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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