Meaning

• The act of entering.

• Permission to enter.

  "Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult."

• A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.

• The act of taking possession.

• The start of an insurance contract.

• A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.

• A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms

• A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships

• An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.

• A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; a datum in a database.

  "What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?"

• A term at any position in a matrix.

  "The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6."

• The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.

• The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.