ENTRY
What does "ENTRY" mean?
The act of going in, or a place or record through which one enters.
Meanings
- The act or right of coming or going into a place. No entry was permitted after the doors closed.
- A door, passage, or hall by which one enters. She left her boots by the entry.
- An item recorded in a list, diary, dictionary, or ledger. The dictionary added a new entry for the slang term.
- A person or thing submitted into a competition. Her photo was the winning entry.
Word origin
From Old French 'entree' (an entrance), the feminine past participle of 'entrer' (to enter), from Latin 'intrare' (to go in).
Remember it
ENTRY = ENTER minus the second E, plus a Y - the doorway shortened, as doorways are.
A little poem
A door is just a wall that learned to bend;
each entry is a wall agreeing to end.
couplet
Wordplay
- My diary and my front door had an argument. The door said 'I'm the only real entry here.' The diary just wrote it down.
What it teaches
An entry can be a door or a record; both keep the truth of who passed through.
Quick facts
What does ENTRY mean?
The act of going in, or a place or record through which one enters.
Is ENTRY a valid word?
Yes — ENTRY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ENTRY?
ENTRY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ENTRY come from?
From Old French 'entree' (an entrance), the feminine past participle of 'entrer' (to enter), from Latin 'intrare' (to go in).
What can ENTRY teach us?
An entry can be a door or a record; both keep the truth of who passed through.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.