entry

en|try [ `entri ] noun ***

1. ) uncount the process of becoming involved in a situation:

entry to/into: America's entry into the war

a ) the right to become a member of an organization, profession, or other group:

entry to/into: Older students are being denied entry into full-time education.

2. ) uncount the right or ability to go into a place:

gain entry (=succeed in entering a place): We had to remove the lock on the door to gain entry.

refuse/deny entry: Officials have been refused entry to the two camps.

entry to/into: Entry to the exhibition costs $5.50.

a ) the act of entering a place:

They were charged with illegal entry into the U.S.

b ) no entry an instruction, especially one printed on a sign, that people are not allowed to go into a street, area, building, or room

c ) count a place where you enter a building. The more usual word is entrance.

3. ) count a set of information that is part of a series of things written in a book, on a list, on a computer DATABASE, etc.:

the dictionary entry for the word play

Her diary entries for that month show how unhappy she was.

a ) something that you have to make or do when you take part in a competition:

The contest attracted entries from all over the country.