entry

[ en-tree ]

noun

, plural en·tries.

1. an act of entering; entrance.
2. a place of ingress or entrance, especially an entrance hall or vestibule.
3. permission or right to enter; access.
4. the act of entering or recording something in a book, register, list, etc.
5. the statement, item, etc., so entered or recorded.

   Synonyms: jotting, memo, note, record

6. a person or thing entered in a contest or competition.
7. vocabulary entry.
8. Law. act of taking possession of lands or tenements by entering or setting foot on them.
9. the giving of an account of a ship's cargo at a custom house, to obtain permission to land the goods.
10. Accounting. the record of any transaction found in a bookkeeper's journal.
11. Bookkeeping.
    1. double entry.
    2. single entry.
12. Mining. adit ( def 2 ).
13. 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.

entry

/ ˈɛntrɪ /

noun

1. the act or an instance of entering; entrance
2. a point or place for entering, such as a door, gate, etc
3. 1. the right or liberty of entering; admission; access
   2. ( as modifier )

      an entry permit

4. the act of recording an item, such as a commercial transaction, in a journal, account, register, etc
5. an item recorded, as in a diary, dictionary, or account
6. 1. a person, horse, car, etc, entering a competition or contest; competitor
   2. ( as modifier )

      an entry fee

7. the competitors entering a contest considered collectively

   a good entry this year for the speed trials

8. the people admitted at one time to a school, college, or course of study, etc, considered collectively; intake
9. the action of an actor in going on stage or his manner of doing this
10. criminal law the act of unlawfully going onto the premises of another with the intention of committing a crime
11. property law the act of going upon another person's land with the intention of asserting the right to possession
12. any point in a piece of music, esp a fugue, at which a performer commences or resumes playing or singing
13. 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
14. dialect.
    a passage between the backs of two rows of terraced houses

Other Words From

• non·en·try noun plural nonentries
• pre·en·try noun plural preentries

Word History and Origins

Origin of entry¹

1250–1300; Middle English entre ( e ) < Old French entree < Latin intrāta (noun use of feminine of intrātus, past participle of intrāre to enter ), equivalent to intr- enter + -āta -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of entry¹

C13: from Old French entree, past participle of entrer to enter

Example Sentences

An examination of some of the rumors surrounding the newest entry in the Star Wars canon.

From The Daily Beast

These “free” games display ads, often in obnoxious places, in lieu of the entry fee.

From The Daily Beast

Before Fidel, when segregation was in full swing, the Cuban apartheid meant many clubs and parks still refused black Cubans entry.

From The Daily Beast

His entry into the business of film making was as designer and writer of title cards for silent films.

From The Daily Beast

The sweepstakes begins on December 9th, 2014 at 8:00 AM EST and ends on January 31st, 2015 at 11:59 EST (the "Entry Period").

From The Daily Beast

When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.

From Project Gutenberg

Each entry on the vault record book shall be signed by the persons having access to the safe.

From Project Gutenberg

Bonaparte made his public entry into Milan under a triumphal arch.

From Project Gutenberg

He remembered Tony's words later: that another actor was expected with whose entry the piece would turn more real—turn tragic.

From Project Gutenberg

Jess looked past him and saw a female and a male figure crowding into the entry.

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Related Words

• access
• admission
• admittance
• entrance