en|treaty / I ntriː ti/ (entreaties ) N‑VAR An entreaty is a very polite, serious request. [FORMAL ] □ [+ to ] The FA has resisted all entreaties to pledge its support to the campaign.
en|trée /ɒ ntre I / (entrées ) also entree
1 N‑COUNT If you have an entrée to a social group, you are accepted and made to feel welcome by them. □ [+ into ] She had an entree into the city's cultivated society.
2 N‑COUNT At restaurants or formal dinners, the entrée is the main course, or sometimes a dish before the main course. □ Dinner features a hot entrée of chicken, veal, or lamb.
en|trench / I ntre ntʃ/ (entrenches , entrenching , entrenched ) VERB If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched , it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it. □ [V n] …a series of measures designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law. □ [V pron-refl] These dictators have entrenched themselves politically and are difficult to move. ● en|trenched ADJ □ The recession remains deeply entrenched.
en|trench|ment / I ntre ntʃmənt/ (entrenchments )
1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Entrenchments are a series of long deep holes called trenches which are dug for defence by soldiers in war.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Entrenchment means the firm establishment of a system or your own position in a situation. □ [+ of ] …the entrenchment of democratic norms.
en|tre|pre|neur /ɒ ntrəprənɜː r / (entrepreneurs ) N‑COUNT An entrepreneur is a person who sets up businesses and business deals. [BUSINESS ]
en|tre|pre|neur|ial /ɒ ntrəprənɜː riəl/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Entrepreneurial means having the qualities that are needed to succeed as an entrepreneur. [BUSINESS ] □ …her prodigious entrepreneurial flair.
en|tre|pre|neur|ship /ɒ ntrəprənɜː r ʃ I p/ N‑UNCOUNT Entrepreneurship is the state of being an entrepreneur, or the activities associated with being an entrepreneur.
en|tro|py /e ntrəpi/ N‑UNCOUNT Entropy is a state of disorder, confusion, and disorganization. [TECHNICAL ]
en|trust / I ntrʌ st/ (entrusts , entrusting , entrusted ) VERB If you entrust something important to someone or entrust them with it, you make them responsible for looking after it or dealing with it. □ [V n + to ] If parents wanted to entrust their child to the best surgeons, they traveled to Bologna's medical school. □ [V n + with ] Her mother-in-law entrusted her with cooking tonight's feast for 30 friends and relatives. □ [be V -ed to-inf] They can be entrusted to solve major national problems. [Also V to n n]
en|try ◆◆◇ /e ntri/ (entries )
1 N‑UNCOUNT If you gain entry to a particular place, you are able to go in. □ [+ to ] Bill was among the first to gain entry to Buckingham Palace when it opened to the public recently. □ [+ into ] Non-residents were refused entry into the region without authority from their own district. □ [+ to ] Entry to the museum is free. ● PHRASE No Entry is used on signs to indicate that you are not allowed to go into a particular area or go through a particular door or gate.
2 N‑COUNT [usu sing, usu with poss] You can refer to someone's arrival in a place as their entry , especially when you think that they are trying to be noticed and admired. □ [+ into ] He made his triumphal entry into Mexico City.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Someone's entry into a particular society or group is their joining of it. □ [+ into ] …the minimum age for entry into a Brownie troop. □ [+ to ] …people who cannot gain entry to the owner-occupied housing sector.
4 N‑COUNT An entry in a diary, account book, computer file, or reference book is a short piece of writing in it. □ Violet's diary entry for 20 April 1917 records Brigit admitting to the affair.
5 N‑COUNT An entry for a competition is a piece of work, for example a story or drawing, or the answers to a set of questions, which you complete in order to take part in the competition. □ The closing date for entries is 31st December.
6 N‑SING Journalists sometimes use entry to refer to the total number of people taking part in an event or competition. For example, if a competition has an entry of twenty people, twenty people take part in it. □ [+ of ] Prize-money of nearly £90,000 has attracted a record entry of 14 horses from Britain and Ireland. □ Our competition has attracted a huge entry.
7 N‑UNCOUNT Entry in a competition is the act of taking part in it. □ [+ in/to ] Entry to this competition is by invitation only. □ …an entry form.
8 N‑COUNT [usu sing] The entry to a place is the way into it, for example a door or gate. COLLOCATIONS entry NOUN
1
noun + entry : museum
adjective + entry : direct, free; forced, unlawful
verb + entry : gain, seek; grant, guarantee, permit; bar, deny, prevent, refuse
4
noun + entry : diary, dictionary, journal
5
adjective + entry : winning