entry

UK: /ˈɛntri/ US: /ˈɛntri/ ,(en′trē)

Inflections of 'entry' (n): npl: entries

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

en•try /ˈɛntri/   n., pl. -tries. 

1. the act of entering;
   entrance:
   [countable] the country's entry into the war.
2. [countable] a place of entrance, esp. an entrance hall.
3. entrée;
   access:
   [uncountable] She has entry to the highest people in government.
4. a statement, item, word, etc., entered or recorded in a book, register, list, or account:
   [countable] The entries in her diary described every day she spent on her trip.
5. a person or thing entered in a contest or competition:
   [countable] a late entry into the race.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

en•try  (en′trē), n., pl. -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. See vocabulary entry. 
8. Law act of taking possession of lands or tenements by entering or setting foot on them.
9. Business the giving of an account of a ship's cargo at a custom house, to obtain permission to land the goods.
10. Accounting, Business [Accountableing.] the record of any transaction found in a bookkeeper's journal.
11. Business [Bookkeeping.]
    • See double entry. 
    • See single entry. 
12. Mining adit (def. 2).
13. Games Also called en′try 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.

• Latin intrāta (noun, nominal use of feminine of intrātus, past participle of intrāre to enter), equivalent. to intr- enter + -āta -ate¹
• Old French entree
• Middle English entre(e) 1250–1300

Synonyms

• 5. record, note, memo, jotting.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

entry / ˈɛntrɪ/ noun ( -tries)

1. the act or an instance of entering; entrance
2. a point or place for entering, such as a door, gate, etc
3. the right or liberty of entering; admission; access
4. (as modifier): an entry permit
5. the act of recording an item, such as a commercial transaction, in a journal, account, register, etc
6. an item recorded, as in a diary, dictionary, or account
7. a person, horse, car, etc, entering a competition or contest; competitor
8. the competitors entering a contest considered collectively: a good entry this year for the speed trials
9. the action of an actor in going on stage or his or her manner of doing this
10. the act of going upon another person's land with the intention of asserting the right to possession
11. any point in a piece of music, esp a fugue, at which a performer commences or resumes playing or singing
12. 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
13. a passage between the backs of two rows of terraced houses

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French entree, past participle of entrer to enter