entry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an item inserted in a written record
  2. noun the act of beginning something new
    unveiling; introduction; debut; first appearance; launching.
    • they looked forward to the debut of their new product line
  3. noun a written record of a commercial transaction
    ledger entry; accounting entry.
  4. noun 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)
    submission.
    • several of his submissions were rejected by publishers
    • what was the date of submission of your proposal?
  5. noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
    entryway; entrance; entree; entranceway.
    • they waited at the entrance to the garden
    • beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
  6. noun the act of entering
    entrance; incoming; ingress; entering.
    • she made a grand entrance

WordNet

En"try noun
Etymology
OE. entree, entre, F. entrée, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter, and cf. Entrée.
Wordforms
plural Entries
Definitions
  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 entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.
    A 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.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, 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. See Enter, v. t., #8, and Entrance, n., #5
  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. Bouvier.

Webster 1913