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in·gress

(ĭn′grĕs′)

1. also in·gres·sion (ĭn-grĕsh′ən) A going in or entering.

2. Right or permission to enter.

3. A means or place of entering.

[Middle English ingresse, from Latin ingressus, from past participle of ingredī, to enter : in-, in; see in-² + gradī, to step; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]

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ingress

(ˈɪŋɡrɛs)

1. the act of going or coming in; an entering

2. a way in; entrance

3. the right or permission to enter

4. (Astronomy) astronomy another name for immersion²

[C15: from Latin ingressus, from ingredī to go in, from gradī to step, go]

ingression n

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in•gress

(ˈɪn grɛs)

n.

1. the act of going in or entering.

2. the right to enter.

3. a means or place of entering.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ingressus a going in, commencing]

in•gres•sion (ɪnˈgrɛʃ ən) n.

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Noun	1.	ingress - (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse immersion astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole disappearance - the event of passing out of sight eclipse, occultation - one celestial body obscures another egress, emersion - (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
	2.	ingress - the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" incoming, entering, entrance, entry arrival - the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival" incursion - the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers); "the incursion of television into the American living room" intrusion - entrance by force or without permission or welcome irruption - a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners" entree - the act of entering; "she made a graceful entree into the ballroom" enrollment, enrolment, registration - the act of enrolling penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" admission, admittance - the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic"

ingress

noun

1. entry, admission, intrusion, leakage, seepage, inundation, inrush The wood may have been weakened by the ingress of water.

2. entrance, access, entry, door, admission, entrée, admittance, right of entry A lorry was blocking the ingress.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

ingress

noun

1. The act of entering:

entrance, entry.

2. The right to enter or make use of:

access, admission, admittance, entrance, entrée, entry.

3. The state of being allowed entry:

admission, admittance, entrance, ingression, introduction, intromission.

Translations

ingress

[ˈɪngres] N (frm) → acceso m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ingress

n (form) → Zutritt m, → Eintritt m; no right of ingress → Zutritt verboten; to have free ingress → Recht auf freien Zugang haben

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Slowly I circled the great shaft, looking for a means of ingress. Part way around I found a tiny radium flash torch, and as I examined it in mild curiosity as to its presence there in this almost inaccessible and unknown spot, I came suddenly upon the insignia of the house of Thurid jewel-inset in its metal case.

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As the Indians had represented, they were now in a natural fastness of the mountains, the ingress and egress of which was by a deep gorge, so narrow, rugged, and difficult as to prevent secret approach or rapid retreat, and to admit of easy defence.

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It turned back and forth many times, leading, at last, into a small, circular chamber, the gloom of which was relieved by a faint light which found ingress through a tubular shaft several feet in diameter which rose from the center of the room's ceiling, upward to a distance of a hundred feet or more, where it terminated in a stone grating through which Tarzan could see a blue and sun-lit sky.

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Every red Martian is taught during earliest childhood the principles of the manufacture of atmosphere, but only two at one time ever hold the secret of ingress to the great building, which, built as it is with walls a hundred and fifty feet thick, is absolutely unassailable, even the roof being guarded from assault by air craft by a glass covering five feet thick.

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They resolved to leave means neither of ingress nor egress to the sudden impulses of despair or of frenzy from within.

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Again, for miles along the shores, handsome country seats, surrounded by gardens and groves, sit fairly in the water, sometimes in nooks carved by Nature out of the vine-hung precipices, and with no ingress or egress save by boats.

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The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.

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Striking a match, he explored his surroundings, finding that a little compartment had been partitioned off from the main hold, with the hatch above his head the only means of ingress or egress.

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Bowen Tyler's manuscript had made it perfectly evident to all that the subterranean outlet of the Caspakian River was the only means of ingress or egress to the crater world beyond the impregnable cliffs.

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For fifteen minutes they marched along the face of the wall before they discovered a means of ingress. Then they came to a narrow cleft about twenty inches wide.

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He walked all round the building, seeking in vain for some other means of ingress. Then he stood for a few moments in front of the curtained window.

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We should only have given the flames free ingress into the church--the church, which was now preserved, but which, in that event, would have shared the fate of the vestry.