Meaning & use
ingress
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The act of entering a place, or a means or point of entry.
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The building has a single point of ingress, which is monitored by security cameras.
Astronomers timed the ingress of Venus as it began to cross the sun.
A note on using this word
Often paired with its opposite, "egress" (a way out); common in technical, legal, and astronomical contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
entryentrance
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Words with an opposite meaning
egressexit
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