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# ingress

«ingress» in Mova's school dictionary: **The act of going in, or the right to go in: a way in** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ingress — uncountable; an ingress) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) The act of going in, or the right to go in: a way in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/#m1)

2) (technical) The getting in of water, dust or air where it should not be: water ingress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal, legal and technical writing, building and gadgets (IP ratings say how well a phone stops dust and water ingress). Phrases: ingress and egress, water ingress, means of ingress.

### examples

- The door is the only point of ingress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/#x1)
- The phone is protected against water ingress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/#x2)
- Ingress and egress mean entry and exit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/#x3)
- Damp walls are often caused by water ingress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/#x4)
- The castle had a narrow ingress guarded by soldiers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/#x5)
- The rules allow ingress only with a pass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/#x6)

### note

Formal and technical; everyday words: entry, way in. Opposite: egress (way out). Say IN-gress.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ingress» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.