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ingress

[ in-gres ]

noun

  1. the act of going in or entering.
  2. the right to enter.
  3. a means or place of entering; entryway.
  4. Astronomy. immersion ( def 5 ).


ingress

/ ɪnˈɡrɛʃən; ˈɪŋɡrɛs /

noun

  1. the act of going or coming in; an entering
  2. a way in; entrance
  3. the right or permission to enter
  4. astronomy another name for immersion


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Derived Forms

  • ingression, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·gres·sion [in-, gresh, -, uh, n], noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ingress1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ingressus a going in, commencing, equivalent to ingred-, stem of ingredī to go or step into, commence ( in- 2, gradient ) + -tus suffix of v. action, with -dt- > -ss-

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ingress1

C15: from Latin ingressus, from ingredī to go in, from gradī to step, go

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Example Sentences

IP stands for “Ingress Protection,” which tells you just how fortified an electronic device is against dirt, dust, and water.

Cooke merely wanted to get in—he wanted to gain ingress to your home, your head space, your conversations, your memories, your plans for what to play on the jukebox that Saturday night.

That kind of ingress protection requires more seals, however, and Sonos wasn’t comfortable with the negative effect it would have had on the overall sound.

Two people even climbed into the vehicle before the launch to test the ingress procedures, but they exited before the launch took place.

Many facilities often cordon off their internal networks from the internet as a whole in order to try and prevent creating points of ingress that hackers can attack.

It is true that sometimes they have to provide means to prevent the ingress of too much water; but this is very easily done.

Two doorways, one on each of the faces which looked into the enclosure, offered ingress.

But Renwick was not sure that there was no other means of ingress.

Into this opens all their dwellings, the door being far below the surface, so that free ingress and egress are secured.

Then a peculiar knock was given on a particular door, which at once promptly opened to give them ingress.

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