entrance

¹

[ en-truhns ]

noun

1. an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.

   Synonyms: ingress, entry

   Antonyms: exit

2. a point or place of entering; an opening or passage for entering, as a doorway.

   Synonyms: ingress, entry

   Antonyms: exit

3. the right, privilege, or permission to enter; admission:

   People improperly dressed will be refused entrance to the theater.

4. Theater. the moment or place in the script at which an actor comes on the stage.
5. Music.
   1. the point in a musical score at which a particular voice or instrument joins the ensemble.
   2. the way in which this is done:

      a sloppy entrance.

6. a manner, means, or style of entering a room, group, etc.; way of coming into view:

   She mimicked Joan's entrance.

7. Nautical. the immersed portion of a hull forward of the middle body ( run ).

entrance

²

[ en-trans ]

verb (used with object)

, en·tranced, en·tranc·ing.

1. to fill with delight or wonder; enrapture.

   Synonyms: fascinate, spellbind, enthrall, transport

2. to put into a trance:

   to be hypnotically entranced.

entrance

¹

/ ɪnˈtrɑːns /

verb

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

entrance

²

/ ˈɛntrəns /

noun

1. the act or an instance of entering; entry
2. a place for entering, such as a door or gate
3. 1. the power, liberty, or right of entering; admission
   2. ( as modifier )

      an entrance fee

4. the coming of an actor or other performer onto a stage

Derived Forms

• enˈtrancing, adjective
• enˈtrancement, noun

Other Words From

• en·trance·ment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrance¹

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

Origin of entrance²

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrance¹

C16: from French, from entrer to enter

Synonym Study

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.

Example Sentences

On her first entrance, Hitchcock says, “She looks old, they've shot her badly.”

From The Daily Beast

Kocurek now works 12-hour shifts as a night watchman guarding the entrance to a drilling patch.

From The Daily Beast

It made sense with so many suspects at hand, less so with the tower entrance separated from them by a forty foot wall.

From The Daily Beast

He collapsed near the entrance of his room, probably in great pain.

From The Daily Beast

The entrance to the show is a wall lined with books that conceals a secret door.

From The Daily Beast

In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

That embrace, that grin and that heart-born exclamation marked the entrance of the Pulsifer family into my life.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes the animal was caught in a trap which was nothing less than a hut of logs with a single entrance.

From Project Gutenberg

He left the arabyieh at the western entrance and went on foot down the avenue of headless rams.

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Related Words

• bewitch
• enchant
• enrapture
• enthrall
• fascinate
• mesmerize