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entry (n.)

c. 1300, "act or fact of physically entering; place of entrance, means of entering a building; opportunity or right of entering; initiation or beginning of an action;" from Old French entree "entry, entrance" (12c.), noun use of fem. past participle of entrer "to enter" (see enter). Meaning "that which is entered or set down (in a book, list, etc.)" is from c. 1500.

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Definitions of entry from WordNet

entry (n.)
an item inserted in a written record;
entry (n.)
the act of beginning something new;
Synonyms: introduction / debut / first appearance / launching / unveiling
entry (n.)
a written record of a commercial transaction;
Synonyms: accounting entry / ledger entry
entry (n.)
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);
Synonyms: submission
entry (n.)
something that provides access (to get in or get out);
Synonyms: entrance / entranceway / entryway / entree
entry (n.)
the act of entering;
Synonyms: entrance / entering / ingress / incoming
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