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Entrance

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en⋅trance

1  [en-truhns]
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–noun
1. an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
2. a point or place of entering; an opening or passage for entering, as a doorway.
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.
a. the point in a musical score at which a particular voice or instrument joins the ensemble.
b. 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 (opposed to run ).
Origin:
1425–75; late ME entraunce < MF entrance. See enter, -ance

Synonyms:
1, 2. entry, ingress. 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.

Antonyms:
1, 2. exit.

en⋅trance

2  [en-trans, -trahns]
–verb (used with object), -tranced, -tranc⋅ing.
1. to fill with delight or wonder; enrapture.
2. to put into a trance: to be hypnotically entranced.
Origin:
1585–95; en- 1 + trance 1

Related forms:
en⋅trance⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. enthrall, spellbind, fascinate, transport.
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en·trance 1   (ěn'trəns)   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of entering.

  2. A means or point by which to enter.

  3. Permission or power to enter; admission: gained entrance to medical school.

  4. The point, as in a musical score, at which a performer begins.

  5. The first entry of an actor into a scene.

  6. Nautical The immersed part of a ship's hull forward of the middle body.


[Middle English entraunce, right to enter, from Old French, from entrer, to enter; see enter.]
en·trance 2   (ěn-trāns')   
tr.v.   en·tranced, en·tranc·ing, en·tranc·es

  1. To put into a trance.

  2. To fill with delight, wonder, or enchantment: a child who was entranced by a fairy tale. See Synonyms at charm, enrapture.

en·trance'ment n., en·tranc'ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

entrance  (n.)
1526, from M.Fr. entrance, from entrer (see enter). Originally "act of entering," sense of "door, gate" first recorded in Eng. 1535.

entrance  (v.)
"to throw into a trance," 1593, from en- "put in" + trance (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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