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entry
- /ˈɛntɹi/
Rhymes with -ɛntɹi
Where it comes from
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.
noun entries · entery
- The act of entering. The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive.
- Permission to enter. Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- The act of taking possession.
- The start of an insurance contract.
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A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
Similar: alley
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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.
Similar: entrance hall
- 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. Meronym: headword (sometimes synonymous)
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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?
Similar: record
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A term at any position in a matrix.
The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
Similar: element
- 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.
- The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- The introduction of new hounds into a pack. 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: entering, entrance, ingress, incoming, introduction, submission, unveiling, debut, entranceway, entryway, launching, entree, first appearance, ledger entry, access, enter
Translations
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noun act of entering
| Español | entrada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 들어가기 deureogagi |
| 日本語 | 入ること hairu koto |
| 中文 | 進入 /进入 jìnrù |
| हिन्दी | प्रवेश करना praveś karnā |
| Português | entrada |
| Français | entrée |
| Deutsch | Eintritt |
| Italiano | entrata, ingresso |
| Ελληνικά | είσοδος eísodos |
| Română | intrare |
| Русский | вход vxod, въезд vʺjezd |
| العربية | إِدْخَال ʔidḵāl |
noun permission to enter
| Español | entrada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 엔트리 enteuri |
| 日本語 | エントリ entori |
| हिन्दी | प्रवेश अनुमति praveś anumti |
| Português | acesso |
| Français | entrée, accès |
| Deutsch | Zutritt |
| Italiano | entrata, accesso |
| Ελληνικά | είσοδος eísodos |
| Română | acces |
| Русский | вступле́ние vstuplénije |
| العربية | وُلُوج wulūj, نَفَاذ nafāḏ, نَفَّاذ naffāḏ |
noun doorway that provides a means of entering a building
| Español | entrada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 입구 ipgu |
| 日本語 | 入口 iriguchi |
| 中文 | 入口 rùkǒu |
| हिन्दी | प्रवेश praveś |
| Português | entrada |
| Français | entrée, accès |
| Deutsch | Eingang |
| Italiano | entrata, accesso, via di accesso, uscio |
| Ελληνικά | είσοδος eísodos |
| Русский | вход vxod, въезд vʺjezd |
| العربية | مَدْخَل madḵal, دُخُول duḵūl |
noun room immediately inside the front door
| Español | entrada, recibidor |
|---|---|
| Português | entrada |
| Français | entrée, vestibule |
| Deutsch | Flur |
| Italiano | entrata, ingresso |
| Ελληνικά | προθάλαμος prothálamos |
| Русский | вход vxod, прихо́жая prixóžaja, вестибю́ль vestibjúlʹ |
noun article in a dictionary or encyclopedia
| Español | entrada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 항목 hangmok, 표제어 pyojeeo |
| 日本語 | 項目 kōmoku |
| 中文 | 條目 /条目 tiáomù, 詞條 /词条 cítiáo, 項目 /项目 xiàngmù, 標題語 /标题语 biāotíyǔ |
| Português | verbete, entrada |
| Français | article, rubrique |
| Deutsch | Eintrag |
| Italiano | articolo, lemma, vocabolo, voce |
| Ελληνικά | καταχώριση katachórisi |
| Русский | статья́ statʹjá, за́пись zápisʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | mục từ |
| العربية | مَدْخَل madḵal, مُدْخَل mudḵal, قَيْد qayd, مَادَّة mādda, بَنْد band, فِقْرَة fiqra |
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