entry English · revision 4028

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1300|origins=la intrāre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈen.tri/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|entre]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|entree|t=entry, entrance]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) the noun use of the feminine past participle of [[m|fro|entrer|t=to enter]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[la-vul|*intrāta]],^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) from [[m|la|intrāre|t=to enter]].^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) It is related to [[enter]], [[entrance]] and [[entree]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of entering, a place of entrance, the right of entering: about 1300 in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) before 1300 in Barnhart^(Barnhart 1988) and about 1330 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline also gives “initiation or beginning of an action” from about 1300.^(Etymonline) The ceremonial entrance of a king is from 1534.^(OED 1989) In law, the actual taking possession of land by entering it is from 1491,^(OED 1989) and an act essential to the crime of burglary from 1769.^(OED 1989) “That which is entered or set down in a book or list” is from about 1500,^(Etymonline) and the item under a headword in a dictionary followed.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) A competitor entered in a race or contest is a later use.^(MW Collegiate)^(AHD) In bridge, a card that gives the lead to one's partner is from 1884,^(OED 1989) and in music the start of a part in a canon from 1879.^(OED 1989) In northern English and Scots dialect an entry is a narrow passage between houses.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1300 – the act of entering.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1491 – taking possession of land.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1500 – something set down in a record.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1534 – a ceremonial entrance.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1769 – in burglary.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1884 – in bridge.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of entering.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # The right or privilege of entering.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A place or means of entering; an [[entrance]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # An item written in a record, list or diary.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A [[headword]] in a dictionary, with the text that follows it.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A competitor entered in a contest.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonentry]]

+ * [[subentry]]

+ * [[entryway]]

+ * [[entry-level]]

+ * [[analytical entry]]

+ * [[bill of entry]]

+ * [[book of original entry]]

+ * [[port of entry]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[enter]]

+ * [[entrance]]

+ * [[entree]]

+ * [[intrude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}