Ingress Meaning
/ˈɪŋɡɹɛs/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of entering.
nounA permission to enter.
Sentence Examples
With a hermetic seal there is no need to worry about the ingress of moisture.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The security guard monitored all points of ____ into the building to prevent unauthorized entry.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The security guards monitored the ____ of guests into the private club to ensure everyone was on the list.
Word Origin & History
From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredior.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Looking about him while in this state of suspense, Charles Darnay observed that the gate was held by a mixed guard of soldiers and patriots, the latter far outnumbering the former; and that while ingress into the city for peasants’ carts bringing in supplies, and for similar traffic and traffickers, was easy enough, egress, even for the homeliest people, was very difficult."
— 1859, Charles Dickens, “In Secret”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book III (The Track of a Storm), page 168:
"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."
— 1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, chapter VII, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
"I could find no means of ingress. Every window and door was fastened and locked, and I returned baffled to the porch."
— 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:
"An inner floor over the whole area of the deck provides a space for all the cable and pipe runs. On one side the cables are cleated into a duct which is sealed against the ingress of water and oil; the pipe lines run underneath the opposite side floor."
— 1960 April 26, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 239:
"Accordingly, anti-Israeli terrorists turned to city transport. Railway systems depend on easy ingress and egress at numerous points along the route."
— 2005 July 22, Mark Lawson, “Public enemy number two”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The security guard monitored all points of ____ into the building to prevent unauthorized entry.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The security guards monitored the ____ of guests into the private club to ensure everyone was on the list.