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entrance

[ en-truhns ]

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noun

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

entrance

[ en-trans ]

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verb (used with object)

entranced, entrancing.

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

entrance

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noun

the act or an instance of entering; entry
a place for entering, such as a door or gate
1. the power, liberty, or right of entering; admission
2. ( as modifier )
  an entrance fee
the coming of an actor or other performer onto a stage

entrance

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verb

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

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Derived Forms

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Other Word Forms

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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of entrance¹

C16: from French, from entrer to enter

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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.

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In February this year, Armen Sargsyan, the leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary group in eastern Ukraine, died in hospital after an explosion in the entrance hall of a residential building in north-west Moscow.

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The man said a cordon was set up at the nearby park entrance from early on Wednesday morning as he went to walk his dogs.

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The project's main construction site is located at the northern entrance to the tunnel, on the coast of Lolland island in the south east of Denmark.

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Whittaker, from nearby Wolverhampton, made a spectacular entrance as he danced in front of pyrotechnics while accompanied by a choir, but was met with jeers.

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An hour before his first performance at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival’s main stage, a horde of managers, bandmembers and label execs crowded the entrance of Junior H’s artist trailer.

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