entry

American  

[en-tree] / ˈɛn tri /

noun

plural

entries

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.

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.

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entry British  

/ 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

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Usage

What is an entry? An entry is a place where you enter, especially a hall, passage, or vestibule, as in The entry to the movie theater was full of people excited to see the new superhero movie. An entry is also permission to enter something, as in Entry to the office building was limited to staff only.When you enter a contest, that act is an entry, too, as in Mack’s entry for the writing contest was a short story about angry robots. So is what you submit for the contest or another type of listing, like a dictionary entry.Example: I’ll be waiting at the entry point for your arrival.

Other Word Forms

• nonentry noun
• preentry noun

Etymology

Origin of entry

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

Example Sentences

England's Billy Bates, who took 50 wickets between 1882 and 1887, all in Australia, has regained the unwanted entry in the Test history books.

From Barron's

The Pantheon -- a church and former Roman temple -- began charging visitors in 2023, and Venice last year introduced a tourist entry fee during peak periods.

From Barron's

Why it’s vital: Unlike the previous entry, nothing about “Dog Man” is sacred.

From Salon

Access to a number of sites that currently charge for entry will become free for Rome's residents, such as the Sacred Area of Largo Argentina.

From BBC

And in the entry for “cranky” I find a secondary meaning I have never considered: “full of twists and turns,” as in a cranky road.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• access
• entrance
• opening
• passage