[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.]
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1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into
the lungs.
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2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering;
as, all ingress was prohibited.
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3. (Astron.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the
earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ingress \In"gress\, v. i.
To go in; to enter. [R.]
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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.