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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