# entry

Pronunciation: say "EN-tree" /ˈɛntɹi/

## Noun

1. A separate item written or recorded in a list, book, or record, such as an article in a dictionary, a note in a diary or log, or a record in a database.
   - Simple: One item written in a list, diary, record, or dictionary.
   - _The dictionary's longest entry runs to several pages._
   - _She added a new entry to the glossary for each technical term._
2. The act of coming into or going inside a place.
   - Simple: The act of going into a place.
   - _His sudden entry interrupted the meeting._
   - _The crowd cheered the champion's entry into the arena._
3. Something submitted to be judged in a competition, or a person or team competing in one.
   - Simple: Something you send to a contest to be judged, or a person or team that takes part in it.
   - _Each entry must reach the judges by March 1, and only one story per writer is allowed._
   - _The tournament draw lists sixty-four entries, including last year's champion._
4. The act of becoming part of something or beginning to take part in it, whether an organization, a market, a profession or a war.
   - Simple: The act of joining a group or starting to take part in something, such as a job or a war.
   - _The startup's entry into the crowded smartphone market surprised most analysts._
   - _High training costs remain a barrier to entry for many would-be pilots._
5. Permission or the right to go into a place or event.
   - Simple: The right or permission to go into a place.
   - _Entry to the festival requires a valid wristband._
   - _The club denied entry to anyone under eighteen._
6. A doorway or opening that provides a means of getting into a building.
   - Simple: A doorway that you use to get into a building.
   - _Guests gathered at the grand entry of the hotel._
   - _A security guard stood beside the building's only entry._
7. The act or work of recording information in a register, a document or a computer system.
   - Simple: The work of typing or writing information into a record or a computer.
   - _The clinic hired two temps to handle data entry while it switched to a new billing system._
   - _Manual entry of the weekly sales figures took the clerk most of the afternoon._
8. A small room immediately inside the front door of a building, often leading to a stairway and other rooms.
   - Simple: A small room just inside the front door of a building.
   - _The narrow entry opened onto a steep staircase._
   - _We left our wet boots in the entry and hung our coats on the hooks beside the stairs._
9. The point at which a musician or singer begins to play or sing.
   - Simple: The moment when a musician begins to play or sing.
   - _The cellist's entry in the second movement was perfectly timed._
   - _A nervous trumpeter rushed his entry during the concert._
10. A single value occupying a specific position within a matrix or grid of numbers.
   - Simple: A single number or value at one spot in a math grid.
   - _Each entry along the diagonal of the matrix equals one._
   - _She corrected a single entry and recomputed the determinant._
11. The act of going onto property in order to take legal possession of it.
   - Simple: The act of going onto land to take legal possession of it.
   - _The landlord's lawful entry ended the tenant's claim to the property._
   - _Peaceful entry onto the disputed parcel established the heir's possession._
12. The point at which an insurance contract begins and coverage takes effect.
   - Simple: The moment when an insurance contract begins.
   - _Treatment for any condition that began before your date of entry may not be covered by the plan._
   - _Because her entry into the plan was only two weeks earlier, the waiting period for minor surgery still applied._
13. A narrow passageway between houses that leads to a back yard or garden. *(dialectal, Midlands)*
   - Simple: A narrow path between houses that leads to a backyard.
   - _A cat darted down the narrow entry between the two terraced houses._
   - _They reached the backyard through a shared entry between the homes._

## Other meanings

- (noun) The presenting of a ship's papers and cargo account to customs officials in order to obtain permission to land its goods.
- (noun) The introduction of young hounds into an established hunting pack.

## Origin

Ultimately from Latin "intrō." Old French had "entree," the feminine past participle of the verb "entrer" (Modern French "entrée"); it passed into Middle English as "entre," and English inherited it from there. Its doublets are "entrada" and "entrée."

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