ingress

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ingress^¹

/ˈɪŋɡɹɛs/
/ɪŋˈɡɹɛs/

Rhymes with -ɛs

Where it comes from

From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredior.

noun ingresses

countable, uncountable The act of entering. Looking about him while in this state of suspense, Charles Darnay observed that the gate was held by a mixed guard of soldiers and patriots, the latter far outnumbering the former; and that while ingress into the city for peasants’ carts bringing in supplies, and for similar traffic and traffickers,
Opposite: egress
countable, uncountable A permission to enter. All ingress was prohibited.
countable, uncountable A door or other means of entering.
Opposite: egress
countable, uncountable The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.

verb ingresses · ingressing · ingressed

intransitive To intrude or insert oneself "Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet
US, transitive To enter (a specified location or area) "We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.
intransitive, of a planet To enter into a zodiacal sign The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […]
To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression

Ingress^²

proper noun

A surname.

Translations

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noun act of entering

Español	entrada, ingreso
Français	entrée
Deutsch	Eintritt
Русский	вход vxod, вхожде́ние vxoždénije

noun permission to enter

Deutsch	Zutritt, Eintrittsrecht
Русский	до́ступ dóstup

noun door or other means of entering

Español	entrada, ingreso
Français	entrée
Deutsch	Eingang, Zugang
Русский	вход vxod

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@misc{ingress_2026,
  title = {ingress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ingress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}