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ingress | token |

As a proper noun ingress

is .

As a noun token is

something serving as an expression of something else; sign, symbol.

As an adjective token is

done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.

As a verb token is

to betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote.

ingress

English

Noun

(es)
  • The act of entering.
  • Permission to enter.
  • All ingress was prohibited.
  • A door or other means of entering.
  • (astronomy) The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
  • Antonyms

    * (act of entering) egress * (door or other means of entering) egress

    Derived terms

    * ingressive * ingress traffic * ingress router

    Verb

    (es)
  • To intrude or insert oneself
  • * {{quote-book, 1963, , The Gift: A Novel citation
  • , passage="Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet }}
  • * {{quote-book, 2001, Lynda Schor, chapter=My Death, Mother Reader, editor=Moyra Davey citation
  • , passage=When the tub was full I ingressed into the water gently, insinuating my body in a bit at a time, enjoying the sensual pleasure of the extreme heat on the lower part of my body
  • To enter (a specified location or area)
  • * {{quote-book, 1976, , The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: Aces and Aerial Victories citation
  • , passage= "We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 1998, Michael William Donnelly, Falcon's Cry citation
  • , passage=We were ingressing the target area.}}
  • (intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign
  • * {{quote-journal, 1861, date=December 28, , Almanacs, All the Year Round, volume=VI citation
  • , passage=The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston,"
  • To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression
  • Derived terms

    * ingression * ingressive * ingressor

    Anagrams

    * singers * signers * resigns ----

    token

    English

    (wikipedia token)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something serving as an expression of something else; sign, symbol
  • According to the Bible, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant with Noah.
  • A keepsake, momento, souvenir
  • Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together.
  • A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services
  • Subway tokens are being replaced by magnetic cards.
    A book token is the easiest option for a Christmas gift.
  • (obsolete, sometimes, figurative) Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Say, by this token , I desire his company.
  • Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion; reason, reasoning, witcraft (see usage)
  • An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power, a miracle
  • An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction; a password
  • A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
  • Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
  • * (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
  • Say, by this token , I desire his company.
  • A tally
  • (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
  • (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.
  • * 2004 , Randall Hyde, Write Great Code: Understanding the Machine , page 68
  • For each lexeme, the scanner creates a small data package known as a token and passes this data package on to the parser.
  • (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
  • (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
  • (medical) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
  • (medical, obsolete) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
  • * (rfdate)'' (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of their ends.
  • (printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
  • (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
  • (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
  • (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
  • (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
  • (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
  • Synonyms

    * (something serving as an expression of something else) sign, symbol * (atomic piece of data) symbol

    Derived terms

    * by the same token * by that token — by that reason * in token of — on account of; because of, as an indication of * tokenism * tokenization * token ring

    See also

    * (philosophy) particular, universal, type

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.
  • He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign.
  • * 1927 , , Money and Monetary Policy in Early Times , page 393
  • If the as had been reduced to a token in 240 BC, it was now a little more token than before.
  • * 2000 , Cheris Kramarae, Dale Spender, Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women , Page 176
  • There are still many churches where the participation of women is token .
  • * 2008 , Adrian Blomfield, , Has Russia got a new Stalin? , March 31, 2008
  • Just to be on the safe side, the The Kremlin has also banned any of Putin’s serious critics from standing. Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges.
  • a minor attempt for appearance sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement
  • * he was hired as the company's token black
  • * ''the television show was primarily directed toward a negro audience, but it did have a few token whites as performers
  • Derived terms

    * tokenish * tokenistic * tokenless * tokenlike

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
  • * 1962' (quoting '''c. 1398 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
  • dorr?&
  • 773;', '''d?r?''' adj. & n.
  • To betroth
  • (philosophy) To symbolize, instantiate
  • * {{quote-journal, 2008, date=August 27, Mikkel Gerken, Is There a Simple Argument for Higher-Order Representation Theories of Awareness Consciousness?, Erkenntnis, url=, doi=10.1007/s10670-008-9116-z, volume=69, issue=2, pages=
  • , passage=In which sense does ‘?p ~(p & ~p)’ cause the tokening of the belief in the subject? }}

    Derived terms

    * To betoken * To foretoken * To toke

    References

    (Webster 1913) * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia ----