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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse;
[syn: ingress, immersion]

2. the act of entering;
- Example: "she made a grand entrance"
[syn: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ingress \In"gress\, n. [L. ingressus, fr. ingredi. See Ingredient.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs. [1913 Webster] 2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited. [1913 Webster] 3. (Astron.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ingress \In"gress\, v. i. To go in; to enter. [R.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ingress n 1: (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse [syn: ingress, immersion] [ant: egress, emersion] 2: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "ingress": access, adit, admission, admittance, air lock, approach, channel, come in, conduit, corridor, course, ditch, duct, egress, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, exit, gangplank, gangway, go in, hall, in, ingression, inlet, intake, means of access, opening, passage, passageway, penetrate, trench, trough, troughing, troughway, tunnel, vestibule, way, way in
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

INGRESS, EGRESS AND REGRESS. These words are frequently used in leases to express the right of the lessee to enter, go upon, and return from the lands in question.