entry

[ en-tree ]

/ ˈɛn tri /

noun, plural en·tries.

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.

vocabulary entry.

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.

Nearby words

entropic, entropion, entropion uveae, entropy, entrust, entry, entry blank, entry-level, entryism, entryway, entrée

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 -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR entry

5 record, note, memo, jotting.

Related formsnon·en·try, noun, plural non·en·tries.pre·en·try, noun, plural pre·en·tries.

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British Dictionary definitions for entry's

entry

/ (ˈɛntrɪ) /

noun plural -tries

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 collectivelya 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

Word Origin for entry

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

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entry

noun, plural en·tries.

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