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entry
[ en-tree ]
noun
- 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.
- 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.
entry
/ ˈɛntrɪ /
noun
- 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 collectively
a 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
- dialect.a passage between the backs of two rows of terraced houses
Other Words From
- non·en·try noun plural nonentries
- pre·en·try noun plural preentries
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of entry1
Example Sentences
An examination of some of the rumors surrounding the newest entry in the Star Wars canon.
These “free” games display ads, often in obnoxious places, in lieu of the entry fee.
Before Fidel, when segregation was in full swing, the Cuban apartheid meant many clubs and parks still refused black Cubans entry.
His entry into the business of film making was as designer and writer of title cards for silent films.
The sweepstakes begins on December 9th, 2014 at 8:00 AM EST and ends on January 31st, 2015 at 11:59 EST (the "Entry Period").
When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
Each entry on the vault record book shall be signed by the persons having access to the safe.
Bonaparte made his public entry into Milan under a triumphal arch.
He remembered Tony's words later: that another actor was expected with whose entry the piece would turn more real—turn tragic.
Jess looked past him and saw a female and a male figure crowding into the entry.
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