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(countable) The action of entering, or going in.
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The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
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(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
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(uncountable) The right to go in.
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The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
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The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
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(nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
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(nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
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(music) The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.