entry — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of entering.

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   The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive.

2. Permission to enter.

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   Examples

   Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.

   Strictly no entry for under-18s

3. A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.

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4. The act of taking possession.

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5. The start of an insurance contract.

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6. A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.

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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.

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8. A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships.

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9. An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.

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   Meronym: headword (sometimes synonymous)

   The entry on spiders is on page number 69.

10. A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.

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    What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?

11. A term at any position in a matrix.

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    The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.

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.

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13. The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.

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14. The introduction of new hounds into a pack.

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    Here was an excellent entry of hounds which would have fulfilled the late Earl Bathurst's dictum that breeders should always breed from hounds rather larger than those which they expect to put on.

Noun

1. an item inserted in a written record

   Broader terms

   written recordwritten account

2. the act of beginning something new

   Synonyms

   introductiondebutfirst appearancelaunchingunveiling

   Broader terms

   beginningstartcommencement

   Examples

   they looked forward to the debut of their new product line

3. a written record of a commercial transaction

   Synonyms

   accounting entryledger entry

   Broader terms

   accountingaccounting systemmethod of accounting

4. something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

   Synonyms

   submission

   Broader terms

   messagecontentsubject mattersubstance

   Examples

   several of his submissions were rejected by publishers

   what was the date of submission of your proposal?

5. something that provides access (to get in or get out)

   Synonyms

   entranceentrancewayentrywayentree

   Broader terms

   accessapproach

   Examples

   they waited at the entrance to the garden

   beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral

6. the act of entering

   Synonyms

   entranceenteringingressincoming

   Broader terms

   arrival

   Examples

   she made a grand entrance