entry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of entering.

   The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive.

2. 2
   noun

   Permission to enter.

   Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.

3. 3
   noun

   An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.

   Meronym: headword (sometimes synonymous)

4. 4
   noun

   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?

5. 5
   noun

   A term at any position in a matrix.

   The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.

6. 6
   noun

   The introduction of new hounds into a pack.

   Here was an excellent entry of hounds which would have fulfilled the late Earl Bathurst's dictum that breeders should always breed from hounds rather larger than those which they expect to put on.

7. 7
   noun

   the act of entering

8. 8
   noun

   the act of beginning something new

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English entre, from Old French entree (feminine past participle of the verb entrer, Modern French entrée). From Latin intrō. Doublet of entrada and entrée.