ingress

[ in-gres ]

noun

1. the act of going in or entering.
2. the right to enter.
3. a means or place of entering; entryway.
4. Astronomy. immersion ( def 5 ).

ingress

/ ɪnˈɡrɛʃən; ˈɪŋɡrɛs /

noun

1. the act of going or coming in; an entering
2. a way in; entrance
3. the right or permission to enter
4. astronomy another name for immersion

Derived Forms

• ingression, noun

Other Words From

• in·gres·sion [in-, gresh, -, uh, n], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingress¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ingressus a going in, commencing, equivalent to ingred-, stem of ingredī to go or step into, commence ( in- ², gradient ) + -tus suffix of v. action, with -dt- > -ss-

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingress¹

C15: from Latin ingressus, from ingredī to go in, from gradī to step, go

Example Sentences

IP stands for “Ingress Protection,” which tells you just how fortified an electronic device is against dirt, dust, and water.

From Popular-Science

Cooke merely wanted to get in—he wanted to gain ingress to your home, your head space, your conversations, your memories, your plans for what to play on the jukebox that Saturday night.

From The Daily Beast

That kind of ingress protection requires more seals, however, and Sonos wasn’t comfortable with the negative effect it would have had on the overall sound.

From Popular-Science

Two people even climbed into the vehicle before the launch to test the ingress procedures, but they exited before the launch took place.

From Ars Technica

Many facilities often cordon off their internal networks from the internet as a whole in order to try and prevent creating points of ingress that hackers can attack.

From Popular-Science

It is true that sometimes they have to provide means to prevent the ingress of too much water; but this is very easily done.

From Project Gutenberg

Two doorways, one on each of the faces which looked into the enclosure, offered ingress.

From Project Gutenberg

But Renwick was not sure that there was no other means of ingress.

From Project Gutenberg

Into this opens all their dwellings, the door being far below the surface, so that free ingress and egress are secured.

From Project Gutenberg

Then a peculiar knock was given on a particular door, which at once promptly opened to give them ingress.

From Project Gutenberg