ingress

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Noun

ingress

1. The act of entering.
2. Permission to enter.

   All ingress was prohibited.

3. A door or other means of entering.
4. (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

Related terms

• ingredient

Translations

• French: entrée
• German: Eintritt
• Russian: вход
• Spanish: entrada, ingreso

Translations

• German: Eintrittsrecht
• Russian: до́ступ

Translations

• French: entrée
• German: Eingang
• Russian: вход
• Spanish: entrada, ingreso

Verb

ingress (ingresses, present participle ingressing; past and past participle ingressed)

1. (intransitive) To intrude or insert oneself
2. (transitive, US, chiefly military) To enter (a specified location or area)
3. (intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign
4. (Whiteheadian metaphysics) To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression

Related terms

• congress
• egress
• ingress
• progress
• regress
• retrogress

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Ingress

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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