Definition of ingress

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in·gress    (ngrs) KEY 

NOUN:

1. also in·gres·sion  (n-grshn) KEY  A going in or entering.
2. Right or permission to enter.
3. A means or place of entering.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English ingresse, from Latin ingressus, from past participle of ingred, to enter : in-, in ; see in-² + grad, to step; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots