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Webster 1913 Edition
Entry
En′try
,Noun.
pl.
Entries
(#)
. 1.
The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts;
as, the
entry
of a person into a house or city; the entry
of a river into the sea; the entry
of air into the blood; an entry
upon an undertaking.2.
The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction;
as, an
; also, that which is entered; an item. entry
of a saleA notary made an
entry
of this act. Bacon.
3.
That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine.
A straight, long
entry
to the temple led. Dryden.
4.
(Com.)
5.
(Law)
(a)
The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them.
(b)
A putting upon record in proper form and order.
(c)
The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary.
Burrill.
Bill of entry
. See under
– Bill
. Double entry
, Single entry
See
– Bookkeeping
. Entry clerk
(Com.)
, a clerk who makes the original entries of transactions in a business.
– Writ of entry
(Law)
, a writ issued for the purpose of obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully entered and continues in possession.
Bouvier.
Webster 1828 Edition
Entry
EN'TRY
,Noun.
1.
The act of entering; entrance; ingress; as the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea or a lake; the entry of air into the blood; the entry of a spear into the flesh.2.
The act of entering and taking possession of lands or other estate.3.
The act of committing to writing, or of recording in a book. Make an entry of every sale, of every debt and credit.4.
The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the custom house, to procure license 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.Definition 2024
entry
entry
English
Alternative forms
- entery (chiefly archaic)
Noun
entry (countable and uncountable, plural entries)
- (uncountable) The act of entering.
- (uncountable) Permission to enter.
- Entry for children only if accompanied by an adult.
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- 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.
- What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
- (linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
- The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
- 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.
- (music) When a musician starts to play or sing, entrance.
Usage notes
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Synonyms
- (act of entering): access, entering, entrance
- (permission to enter): access, admission
- (doorway that provides a means of entering a building): entrance, ingang, way in (British)
- (room just inside the front door of a building): entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule, ingang
- (group within a church):
- (article in a dictionary or encyclopedia): article
- (record in a log): record
- (term in a matrix): element
- (item of data in a database):
Antonyms
- (act of entering): departure, exit, exiting, leaving
- (doorway that provides a means of entering a building): exit, way out (British)
Related terms
Derived terms
Translations
act of entering
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permission to enter
doorway that provides a means of entering a building
room
item in a list
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record in a log or in a database
term in a matrix