entry

Plural: entries

Noun

• A point of access or admission; a written record.
• an item inserted in a written record
• the act of beginning something new
• a written record of a commercial transaction
• 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)
• something that provides access (to get in or get out)
  • "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
• the act of entering
• The act of entering.
• Permission to enter.
• A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
• The act of taking possession.
• The start of an insurance contract.
• A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
• 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
• 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.
• A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
• A term at any position in a matrix.
• 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.

Examples

• Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.
• Strictly no entry for under-18s
• The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
• The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive.
• The ’Y’ tile provided the perfect entry point to create a seven-letter word on the triple score.
• What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?

Synonyms

accounting entry, debut, entering, entrance, entranceway, entree, entryway, first appearance, incoming, ingress, introduction, launching, ledger entry, submission, unveiling, access, admission, alley, article, element, enter, entrance hall, ingang, lemma, lexeme, record, way in

Antonyms

departure, exit, exiting, leaving, way out

Related Words

enter, entrance