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ingress

noun
/ˈɪŋɡɹɛs/

Etymology

From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredior.

  1. derived from ingressus

Definitions

  1. The act of entering.

    • Now could be beheld that change from the handsome to the curious which the features of a wood undergo at the ingress of the winter months.
    • I could find no means of ingress. Every window and door was fastened and locked, and I returned baffled to the porch.

  2. A permission to enter.

    • All ingress was prohibited.
    • My fingers clawed futilely at the unyielding portal, while my eyes sought in vain for a duplicate of the button which had given us ingress. And then, from unseen lips, a cruel and mocking peal of laughter rang through the desolate place.

  3. A door or other means of entering.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance…

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

    2. To intrude or insert oneself

      • "Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet
      • When the tub was full I ingressed into the water gently, insinuating my body in a bit at a time, enjoying the sensual pleasure of the extreme heat on the lower part of my body […]

    3. To enter (a specified location or area)

      • "We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.
      • We were ingressing the target area.

    4. To enter into a zodiacal sign

      • The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […]

    5. To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world

      To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression

    6. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

ingressive, ingress, egress, and regress, ingression, ingressor

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ingress. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA