Showing posts with label entrée. Show all posts
Showing posts with label entrée. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

entry, entrée

Entry or entry means the way in, or the method for getting into a place or thing; access--
Entry into the complex is through the main gate.
Make sure that you have a ticket, or you may be denied entry.

Entry is also a verb ( action word ), meaning going into a place--
He was arrested and charged with burglary and forced entry.
The entry of the army into the city caused alarm and confusion.

Entry also means participation in a contest or sweepstakes, literally or figuratively, or the record of participation--
Make sure to include proof of purchase with your contest entry.
This entry will be our last; next year we won't be participating in the race.
Entry may mean making a record into an account book, log, or journal--
His journal entry for the first describes the incident.
Look for an entry in this amount, dated last week.

Entrée or entrée means a main dish, especially in a restaurant--
We are all having salad, and the entrée will be chicken.
We are each going to choose a different entrée, and then we'll share.

Entrée also means the right to go in to some place, literally or figuratively--
His fame assured his entrée into fashionable society.
The introduction served as an entrée into the world of high finance.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Entry into the room was blocked by people looking at the menu on the wall, trying to choose an entrée."

Note--"entrance" also means the way into a building, most commonly the actual physical door or path--
The entrance is on the side of the building.