entry
pronunciation
How to pronounce entry in British English:
UK [ˈentri]
How to pronounce entry in American English:
US [ˈentri]
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- Noun:
- 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 (entry or exit)
- the act of entering
Word Origin
- entry
- entry: see enter
- entry (n.)
- c. 1300, "act or fact of physically entering; place of entrance, means of entering a building; opportunity or right of entering; initiation or beginning of an action;" from Old French entree "entry, entrance" (12c.), noun use of fem. past participle of entrer "to enter" (see enter). Meaning "that which is entered or set down (in a book, list, etc.)" is from c. 1500.
Example
- 1. Another theoretical conundrum is entry to the auction .
- 2. Neither passport nor visa was required for entry .
- 3. This inhibits innovation and raises barriers to entry .
- 4. Two years later , this entry was gone .
- 5. For heavy data entry , use a design like harvest .