ingress

Etymology

From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredior.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ingress (countable and uncountable, plural ingresses)

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.

Verb

ingress (third-person singular simple present ingresses, present participle ingressing, simple past and past participle ingressed)

1. (intransitive) To intrude or insert oneself
   • 1963, Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift: A Novel‎, page 198:

     "Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet

   • 2001, Lynda Schor, “My Death”, in Moyra Davey, editor, Mother Reader‎, →ISBN, page 310:

     When the tub was full I ingressed into the water gently, insinuating my body in a bit at a time, enjoying the sensual pleasure of the extreme heat on the lower part of my body […]

2. (transitive, US, chiefly military) To enter (a specified location or area)
   • 1976, The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: Aces and Aerial Victories‎, page 108:

     "We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.

   • 1998, Michael William Donnelly, Falcon's Cry‎, →ISBN, page 93:

     We were ingressing the target area.

3. (intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign
   • 1861, “Almanacs”, in All the Year Round‎, volume VI:

     The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […]

4. (Whiteheadian metaphysics) To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression

Anagrams

• Singers, nigress, re-signs, resigns, signers, singers

Noun

ingress c

1. a preamble, an opening paragraph (between a newspaper headline and the article)