entry
English
Alternative forms
- entery (chiefly archaic)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French entree (feminine past participle of the verb entrer, Modern French entrée). From Latin intrāre, present active infinitive of intrō.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĕnʹtrē, IPA(key): /ˈɛntɹi/
Audio (US female): (file) Audio (UK male): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛntɹi
- Hyphenation: en‧try
Noun
entry (countable and uncountable, plural entries)
- (uncountable) The act of entering.
- (uncountable) Permission to enter.
- Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- (law) The act of taking possession.
- (insurance) The start of an insurance contract.
- (Midlands) A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
- A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
- What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
- (linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
- The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
- The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
- (music) The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
Usage notes
Ambiguity Prevention
- Correct: entry for children
- Not: entry to children as this means that you are entering TO (get to) a child. It is incorrect.
Synonyms
- (act of entering): access, enter, entrance
- (permission to enter): access, admission
- (doorway that provides a means of entering a building): entrance, ingang, way in (British)
- (passageway between terraced houses): See Thesaurus:alley
- (room just inside the front door of a building): See Thesaurus:entrance hall
- (group within a church):
- (article in a dictionary or encyclopedia): article, lemma, lexeme
- (record in a log): record
- (term in a matrix): element
- (item of data in a database):
Antonyms
- (act of entering): departure, exit, exiting, leaving
- (doorway that provides a means of entering a building): exit, way out (British)
Derived terms
Related terms
terms related to entry
Translations
act of entering
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permission to enter
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doorway that provides a means of entering a building
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legal: act of taking possession
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passageway between terraced houses
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room immediately inside the front door
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group within a church
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article in a dictionary or encyclopedia
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record in a log or in a database
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term in a matrix
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exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse
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music: point when a musician starts to perform
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