name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ingress
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɪŋɡɹɛs/
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rhymes with -ɛs
noun
Meaning 2
The act of entering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: egress
noun
Meaning 3
A permission to enter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- All ingress was prohibited.
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noun
Meaning 4
A door or other means of entering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: egress
noun
Meaning 5
The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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verb
Meaning 6
To intrude or insert oneself
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To enter (a specified location or area)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, transitive
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
Meaning 8
To enter into a zodiacal sign
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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verb
Meaning 9
To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Whiteheadian metaphysics
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noun
Meaning 10
the act of entering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she made a grand entrance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: entrance, entering, entry, incoming
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrival
Narrower terms: incursion, intrusion, irruption, entree, registration, enrollment, enrolment, penetration, admission, admittance
noun
Meaning 11
(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immersion
Antonyms: egress
Broader terms: disappearance
History
Etymology
From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredior.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: вход (vhod) — act of entering
- Bulgarian: влизане (vlizane) — act of entering
- Danish: indledning — act of entering
- Finnish: sisääntulo — act of entering
- French: entrée — act of entering
- German: Eintritt — act of entering
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (innatgahts) — act of entering
- Russian: вход (vxod) — act of entering
- Russian: вхожде́ние (vxoždénije) — act of entering
- Spanish: entrada — act of entering
- Spanish: ingreso — act of entering
- Turkish: giriş — act of entering
- Turkish: girme — act of entering
- Ukrainian: вхід (vxid) — act of entering
- Ukrainian: входження (vxodžennja) — act of entering
- Danish: adgang — permission to enter
- German: Zutritt — permission to enter
- German: Eintrittsrecht — permission to enter
- Russian: до́ступ (dóstup) — permission to enter
- Turkish: giriş yetkisi — permission to enter
- Turkish: girme salahiyeti — permission to enter
- Turkish: girme yetkisi — permission to enter
- Danish: indgang — door or other means of entering
- Finnish: sisäänkäynti — door or other means of entering
- French: entrée — door or other means of entering
- German: Eingang — door or other means of entering
- German: Zugang — door or other means of entering
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (innatgahts) — door or other means of entering
- Russian: вход (vxod) — door or other means of entering
- Spanish: entrada — door or other means of entering
- Spanish: ingreso — door or other means of entering
- Turkish: giriş — door or other means of entering
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