entrance

[ en-truhns ]

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noun

an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
a point or place of entering; an opening or passage for entering, as a doorway.

the right, privilege, or permission to enter; admission: People improperly dressed will be refused entrance to the theater.
Theater. the moment or place in the script at which an actor comes on the stage.
Music.
- the point in a musical score at which a particular voice or instrument joins the ensemble.
- the way in which this is done: a sloppy entrance.
a manner, means, or style of entering a room, group, etc.; way of coming into view: She mimicked Joan's entrance.
Nautical. the immersed portion of a hull forward of the middle body (opposed to run).

Origin of entrance

First recorded in 1525–50; from Middle French; see enter, -ance

synonym study For entrance

3. Entrance, admittance, admission refer to the possibility of entering a place or a group. Entrance may refer to either possibility: Entrance is by way of the side door; entrance into a card game. Admittance refers more to place and suggests entrance that may be permitted or denied: to gain admittance to a building; no admittance. Admission refers more to special groups and suggests entrance by payment, by formal or special permission, privilege, and the like: admission to a concert, a game, to candidacy, the bar, to society.

Other words for entrance

1, 2	entry, ingress

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Opposites for entrance

1, 2

exit

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Other definitions for entrance (2 of 2)

entrance²

[ en-trans ]

verb (used with object),en·tranced, en·tranc·ing.

to fill with delight or wonder; enrapture.
to put into a trance: to be hypnotically entranced.

Origin of entrance

First recorded in 1585–95; en-¹ + trance¹

Other words for entrance

1	enthrall, spellbind, fascinate, transport

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Other words from entrance

en·trance·ment, noun

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How to use entrance in a sentence

On her first entrance, Hitchcock says, “She looks old, they've shot her badly.”
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Kocurek now works 12-hour shifts as a night watchman guarding the entrance to a drilling patch.
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It made sense with so many suspects at hand, less so with the tower entrance separated from them by a forty foot wall.
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He collapsed near the entrance of his room, probably in great pain.
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The entrance to the show is a wall lined with books that conceals a secret door.
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In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.
Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
The main entrance is in the centre of the St. Martin's Lane front, and consists of a central roadway for carts and wagons, 15ft.
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That embrace, that grin and that heart-born exclamation marked the entrance of the Pulsifer family into my life.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson Lloyd
Sometimes the animal was caught in a trap which was nothing less than a hut of logs with a single entrance.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. Pike
He left the arabyieh at the western entrance and went on foot down the avenue of headless rams.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for entrance (1 of 2)

entrance¹

/ (ˈɛntrəns) /

noun

the act or an instance of entering; entry
a place for entering, such as a door or gate

- the power, liberty, or right of entering; admission
- (as modifier): an entrance fee
the coming of an actor or other performer onto a stage

Origin of entrance

C16: from French, from entrer to enter

British Dictionary definitions for entrance (2 of 2)

entrance²

/ (ɪnˈtrɑːns) /

verb(tr)

to fill with wonder and delight; enchant
to put into a trance; hypnotize

Derived forms of entrance

entrancement, noun
entrancing, adjective

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