English Explanatory Dictionary

entry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of entering.
  2. Permission to enter.
  3. A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
  4. The act of taking possession.
  5. The start of an insurance contract.
  6. A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
  7. 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
  8. A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
  9. An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
  10. A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
  11. A term at any position in a matrix.
  12. 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.

Pronunciation

ĕnʹtrē /ˈɛntɹi/ en-us-entry.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-entry.wav

Word forms

entry entries entery

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English entre, from Old French entree (feminine past participle of the verb entrer, Modern French entrée). From Latin intrō. Doublet of entrada and entrée.

Synonyms

access enter entrance admission ingang way in alley entrance hall article lemma lexeme record element

Antonyms

departure exit exiting leaving way out

Related words

enter entrance

Derived words

adjusting entry analytical entry arctic entry barrier to entry bill of entry book entry book of first entry book of original entry book of prime entry break and entry counterentry data entry door entry system double-entry entry date entry fee entry ignition engine entryism entryist entryless entry-level entry-phone entry phone entryphone entry point entry point for the eye entry port entryway entrywise entry wound forced entry forcible entry interentry misentry multientry no entry nonentry port of entry post-entry postentry re-entry re-entry shock remote keyless entry right of entry rip entry single-entry subentry video door entry zero-entry
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