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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In entomology, an epithet applied to the canthus or process of the front when it is small, forming a little notch or sinus in the inner margin of the eye, as in many Hymenoptera.
  • noun The act of coming or going in, inserting, registering, etc.
  • noun The opening or place at which one enters; entrance.
  • noun A beginning.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective predicate incoming; -- of a person or group assuming a role. Opposite of leaving and outgoing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of enter.
  • noun action of the verb to enter

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of entering
  • noun a movement into or inward

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