Antonyms for ingress

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-gres

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn grɛs

Definition of ingress

Origin : mid-15c., from Latin ingressus "an advance; walking; an entry," from past participle stem of ingredi "to step into, enter" (see ingredient). The verb, sometimes said to be American English, is attested from early 14c.

noun the act or right of entering
noun opening

Example sentences :

The waters of the great deep have ingress and egress to the soul.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

They told him they could give him ingress at a point in the long walls leading to Lechaeum.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

Any other mode of ingress was impossible for any beast of burden.
Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

There were for a few days much hurry and bustle, both of egress and of ingress.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

It was as though an invisible barrier had been raised to prevent his ingress.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

Yet the workman must have entered by some ingress—if only Dick could discover it!
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

Neither are there any not equally subject to the ingress and egress of mortality.
Extract from : « The Civilization Of China » by Herbert A. Giles

He looks about him, and discovers that is the door of egress, not of ingress.
Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome

But Renwick was not sure that there was no other means of ingress.
Extract from : « The Secret Witness » by George Gibbs

People go too often now-a-days to make their ingress or egress of consequence.
Extract from : « The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb » by Charles Lamb

Synonyms for ingress

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