ingresses
ingresses is the plural of ingress.
Meaning of ingress
Noun
ingress (countable and uncountable, plural ingresses)
- The act of entering.
- 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...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
- Antonyms:
- egress
- A permission to enter.
- All ingress was prohibited.
- A door or other means of entering.
- Antonyms:
- egress
- The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
Questions about ingresses
- What is ingresses the plural of?
- Ingresses is the plural of ingress.
Words near ingresses in the dictionary
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