Collins English-English Dictionary

entry ['εntrɪ]

1. 1. n the act or an instance of entering; entrance

2. 2. n a point or place for entering, such as a door, gate, etc

3. 3. n the right or liberty of entering; admission; access

4. 4. n (as modifier)

   an entry permit

5. 5. n the act of recording an item, such as a commercial transaction, in a journal, account, register, etc

6. 6. n an item recorded, as in a diary, dictionary, or account

7. 7. n a person, horse, car, etc, entering a competition or contest; competitor

8. 8. n (as modifier)

   an entry fee

9. 9. n the competitors entering a contest considered collectively

   a good entry this year for the speed trials

10. 10. n the people admitted at one time to a school, college, or course of study, etc, considered collectively; intake

11. 11. n the action of an actor in going on stage or his manner of doing this

12. 12. n [criminal law] the act of unlawfully going onto the premises of another with the intention of committing a crime

13. 13. n [property law] the act of going upon another person's land with the intention of asserting the right to possession

14. 14. n any point in a piece of music, esp a fugue, at which a performer commences or resumes playing or singing

15. 15. n [cards] a card that enables one to transfer the lead from one's own hand to that of one's partner or to the dummy hand

16. 16. n [English] [dialect] a passage between the backs of two rows of terraced houses

17. 17. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French entree, past participle of entrer to enter