Entry

From Old French entree (feminine past participle of the verb entrer, Modern French entrÃ©e)

Full definition of entry

(countable and uncountable; plural entrys)

(uncountable) The act of entering.
(uncountable) Permission to enter.entry for children only if accompanied by an adult
A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
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; (computing) a datum in a database.What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
(linear algebra) 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.

Ambiguity Prevention

(act of entering): access, entering, entrance
(permission to enter): access, admission
(doorway that provides a means of entering a building): entrance, ingang, way in British
(room just inside the front door of a building): entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule, ingang
(group within a church):
(article in a dictionary or encyclopedia): article
(record in a log): record
(term in a matrix): element
(item of data in a database):

(act of entering): departure, exit, exiting, leaving
(doorway that provides a means of entering a building): exit, way out British