ENTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entry mean? 

• ENTRY (noun)
  The noun ENTRY has 6 senses:

1. an item inserted in a written record

2. the act of beginning something new

3. a written record of a commercial transaction

4. 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)

5. something that provides access (to get in or get out)

6. the act of entering

  Familiarity information: ENTRY used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An item inserted in a written record

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("entry" is a kind of...):

written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entry"):

dictionary entry; lexical entry (the entry in a dictionary of information about a word)

nol pros; nolle prosequi (an entry in the court record to the effect that the plaintiff or prosecutor will not proceed)

notebook entry (an entry in a notebook)

Derivation:

enter (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of beginning something new

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

debut; entry; first appearance; introduction; launching; unveiling

Context example:

they looked forward to the debut of their new product line

Hypernyms ("entry" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entry"):

induction (the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time))

product introduction (the introduction (usually by an advertising campaign) of a new product or product line)

ushering in (the introduction of something new)

naturalisation; naturalization (the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A written record of a commercial transaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

accounting entry; entry; ledger entry

Hypernyms ("entry" is a kind of...):

accounting; accounting system; method of accounting (a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entry"):

adjusting entry (an accounting entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate items between accounting periods)

credit; credit entry (an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items)

debit; debit entry (an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

entry; submission

Context example:

what was the date of submission of your proposal?

Hypernyms ("entry" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entry"):

filing (the entering of a legal document into the public record)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Something that provides access (to get in or get out)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway

Context example:

beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral

Hypernyms ("entry" is a kind of...):

access; approach (a way of entering or leaving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entry"):

hatchway; opening; scuttle (an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship)

vomitory (an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium)

stage door (an entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel)

servant's entrance; service door; service entrance (an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse)

porte-cochere (a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard)

portal (a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically))

pithead (the entrance to a coal mine)

gateway (an entrance that can be closed by a gate)

door; doorway; room access; threshold (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close)

arch; archway (a passageway under a curved masonry construction)

Derivation:

enter (to come or go into)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of entering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress

Context example:

she made a grand entrance

Hypernyms ("entry" is a kind of...):

arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entry"):

intrusion (entrance by force or without permission or welcome)

irruption (a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in)

entree (an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage)

enrollment; enrolment; registration (the act of enrolling)

penetration (the act of entering into or through something)

admission; admittance (the act of admitting someone to enter)

incursion (the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers))

Derivation:

enter (to come or go into)

 Context examples 

Ancriviroc is an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of HIV-1 entry via CCR5 coreceptor interaction.

(Ancriviroc, NCI Thesaurus)

Manipulation of this process helps bacteria like Salmonella gain entry into cells they infect.

(Actin Branching Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system.

(Access to Care, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) ensures efficient translation of VEGF mRNA even under hypoxia.

(Angiogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The entry of toxin into cells begins with the recognition of a cellular receptor in the plasma membrane by PA.

(Anthrax Toxin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A procedure to stop bleeding and close the location of arterial entry following a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure.

(Arterial Access Closure, NCI Thesaurus)

Aplaviroc inhibits HIV-1 entry via CCR5 coreceptor interaction.

(Aplaviroc, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both the inhibition of HIV-1 entry into cells and in immune responses.

(Apelin, NCI Thesaurus)

Her flattery had already subdued the pride of Lady Middleton, and made an entry into the close heart of Mrs. John Dashwood; and these were effects that laid open the probability of greater.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Doctor Osuna explains: These exosomes are also capable of affecting the permeability of membranes and the cytoskeleton, which facilitates the entry of molecules that would not normally have access.

(Scientists identify how the exosomes of the parasite responsible for Chagas disease affect heart cells, University of Granada)