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en⋅try

  [en-tree]
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–noun, plural -tries.
1. an act of entering; entrance.
2. a place of ingress or entrance, esp. an entrance hall or vestibule.
3. permission or right to enter; access.
4. the act of entering or recording something in a book, register, list, etc.
5. the statement, item, etc., so entered or recorded.
6. a person or thing entered in a contest or competition.
7. vocabulary entry.
8. Law. act of taking possession of lands or tenements by entering or setting foot on them.
9. the giving of an account of a ship's cargo at a custom house, to obtain permission to land the goods.
10. Accounting. the record of any transaction found in a bookkeeper's journal.
11. Bookkeeping.
a. double entry.
b. single entry.
12. Mining. adit (def. 2).
13. Also called entry card. Bridge. a winning card in one's hand or the hand of one's partner that gives the lead to one hand or the other.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME entre(e) < OF entree < L intrāta (n. use of fem. of intrātus, ptp. of intrāre to enter ), equiv. to intr- enter + -āta -ate 1

Synonyms:
5. record, note, memo, jotting.

ad⋅it

  [ad-it]
–noun
1. an entrance or a passage.
2. Also called entry. Mining. a nearly horizontal passage leading into a mine.
3. an approach or access.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L aditus an approach, equiv. to ad- ad- + -i- (s. of īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action
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en·try   (ěn'trē)   
n.   pl. en·tries
    1. The act or an instance of entering.
    2. The privilege or right of entering.
    3. The inclusion or insertion of an item, as in a record: made an entry in the ledger.
    4. An item entered in this way: a diary full of interesting entries.
    5. An entry word, as in a dictionary; a headword.
    6. A headword along with its related text.
  2. Sports The act of entering the water in completing a dive.
  3. A means or place by which to enter.
    1. The inclusion or insertion of an item, as in a record: made an entry in the ledger.
    2. An item entered in this way: a diary full of interesting entries.
    3. An entry word, as in a dictionary; a headword.
    4. A headword along with its related text.
    1. An entry word, as in a dictionary; a headword.
    2. A headword along with its related text.
  6. One entered in a competition: received 400 entries for the poetry contest.

[Middle English entre, from Old French entree, from feminine past participle of entrer, to enter; see enter.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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