INGRESS

entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming

(noun) the act of entering; “she made a grand entrance”

ingress, immersion

(noun) (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ingress (countable and uncountable, plural ingresses)

The act of entering.

Permission to enter.

A door or other means of entering.

(astronomy) The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.

Antonyms

• (act of entering): egress

• (door or other means of entering): egress

Coordinate terms

• (permission): ingress, egress, regress

Verb

ingress (third-person singular simple present ingresses, present participle ingressing, simple past and past participle ingressed)

(intransitive) To intrude or insert oneself

(transitive, US, chiefly military) To enter (a specified location or area)

(intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign

(Whiteheadian metaphysics) To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression

Anagrams

• Singers, nigress, re-signs, resigns, signers, singers

Proper noun

Ingress

A surname.

Anagrams

• Singers, nigress, re-signs, resigns, signers, singers

Source: Wiktionary


In"gress, n. Etym: [L. ingressus, fr. ingredi. See Ingredient.]

1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.

2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.

3. (Astron.)

Definition: The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.

In"gress, v. i.

Definition: To go in; to enter. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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