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entry is a noun meaning "an item inserted in a written record". It carries 6 recorded senses.
an item inserted in a written record
the act of beginning something new
“they looked forward to the debut of their new product line”
a written record of a commercial transaction
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)
“several of his submissions were rejected by publishers”
“what was the date of submission of your proposal?”
something that provides access (to get in or get out)
“they waited at the entrance to the garden”
“beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for entry come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.