Entry
['entrɪ] or ['ɛntri]
Definition
(noun.) an item inserted in a written record.
(noun.) a written record of a commercial transaction.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them.
(n.) A putting upon record in proper form and order.
(n.) The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ingress, entrance.[2]. Passage (into a house), avenue, inlet, hall.[3]. Record, note, minute, memorandum.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Entrance, initiation, beginning, record, note, minute, register, memorandum
ANT:Conclusion, quittance, disposal, blank, omission, falsification, misentry,misrecord
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Definition
n. act of entering: a passage into a short lane leading into a court: act of committing to writing: the thing written: (law) the taking possession of.—n. En′try-mon′ey the money paid on entering a society club &c.—Port of entry (see Port).
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Examples
- Not a vestige of the entry which recorded the marriage of Sir Felix Glyde and Cecilia Jane Elster in the register of the church! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I don't remember much about it, except that I was afraid of the cellar and the dark entry, and always liked the cake and milk we had up at the top. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- One entry showed an almost hopeful spirit. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The entry was scarcely completed when they reached the Golden Cross. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When I booked my place at the coach office I had had 'Box Seat' written against the entry, and had given the book-keeper half-a-crown. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Can rats walk down stairs, and come walking through the entry, and open a door when you've locked it and set a chair against it? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- His clothing was worn down to the rusty hue of the hat in the entry, but though he looked shabby he did not look mean. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My self-approval when I ticked an entry was quite a luxurious sensation. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- This entry won, and the young American was presented with the gold medal of the society before a distinguished audience. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I found on inquiry that the name of John Owen, attached to the entry, referred to the man who had been employed to drive the fly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Indeed, the earliest entry of this discovery in the laboratory note-book bore that caption. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The last entry on one page recorded the marriage of the man with my Christian name. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- June 21St.--A short entry must suffice in my journal to-day. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He had by this time led us across the shop, and now opened a door in the back part of it, leading to the house-entry. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It must have been bad enough when the leader of the first patrol of cavalry had pointed toward the entry because they were all talking very much. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Always at hand will be found one or two of the laboratory note-books, with frequent entries or comments in the handwriting which once seen is never forgotten. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I may now return to my journal, with some little chance of being able to continue the entries in it as collectedly as usual. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Yes, we have the entries here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It began with the strange gentleman's sitting down at the table, drawing the candle to him, and looking over some entries in his pocket-book. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Taking it in his hand, he read these entries. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- How I treasured up the entries, of which I subjoin a sample--! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The entries on the copy occupied exactly the same places on the page as the entries in the original. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We were all lazy and satisfied, now, as the meager entries in my note-book (that sure index, to me, of my condition), prove. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And between these entries, at the bottom of the page? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My credentials, entries, and memoranda, are all comprehended in the one line, 'Recalled to Life;' which may mean anything. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As the drag drew up in the enclosure near the grand stand I glanced at the card to see the entries. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In half an hour's time the entries were concluded. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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