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entrance

[en-truhns]

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.

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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).

COLLAPSE

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English entraunce < Middle French 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.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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Example Sentences

He now smokes under the awning several feet from the entrance.

Larger-than-life bronze statues of them stand in a fountain at the entrance to the university.

For-profit colleges have virtually no entrance criteria for applicants.

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He now smokes under the awning several feet from the entrance.

Larger-than-life bronze statues of them stand in a fountain at the entrance to the university.

For-profit colleges have virtually no entrance criteria for applicants.

The cave's entrance is the second deepest in the world, so the trip is dangerous even for experienced explorers.

There is clearly only a finite amount of white wall surface between the entrance and the first exterior point of the maze.

The door placement reinforces the perception that this space is itself the front entrance.

The pine trees framing the entrance to the forest appear to be normal.

The young writer, facing the future with a sense of mission, is set to make his entrance.

Elaborate ornament surrounds the main entrance to the commons.

Security around the tunnel entrance has been increased.

Recently the anticipation intensified with the discovery of a richly decorated canine skeleton near a sealed entrance.

Entrance and exit ramps connect the streets at every intersection.

Because the back entrance of our house leads to a home office, lots of foot traffic had trampled the lawn.

The boxes were lined up in two neat rows near the terminal's entrance.

Only about one in eight of those who take its entrance exam is admitted.

At the entrance to a deep, dark cave, a few bats fly out and begin swirling high up into the air.

It's still the case that every block has an entrance at every corner and you must begin plowing from the outside of the grid.

Another high trellis near the roofline of the house further defines the entrance.

Education should not be job training, it should not be an entrance requirement for certain jobs.

Instead, shoppers browse casket samples at a kiosk near the shop entrance.

Some facilities require a coin payment at the entrance.

And x is the linear error generated because of the entrance or exit of the light into the attraction zone of that central object.

Readymade garlands and wreaths, with a few natural embellishments of your own, turn a porch into a grand entrance.

Only six turns in, and the entrance is almost sealed off.

He promptly ordered that the lorry driver be punished and that safety conditions at the campus entrance be improved.

The entrance is a yellow metal ramp that brings you to a pale green building.

Gauzy curtains frame the entrance and provide privacy and bug protection when needed.

The topic of discussion was some type of entrance score to a graduate program.

Alternatively, they can try for a magnet school, many of which have excellent results-but also an entrance exam.

Italy has tried to place surge walls on the entrance to the bay as a fix.

But she had already left an opening elsewhere in the hedge to frame the entrance to a rose garden a few feet away.

Outside, a simple sign announces the bistro's entrance.

Central government will run almost everything else, including university entrance and membership of the teaching profession.

Penguin eggs and slabs of blubber line the entrance.

Using the archway over the entrance to support a vining crop is also a nice touch.

But it looks pretty stylish and will make for a stunning entrance at any event.

The entrance restrictions were partial at best,” he complained.

But now, in line, their eyes are instead drawn to the entrance arch of fish tanks.

Please do not block entrance gates when parking at these locations.

In the mornings, he would bicycle to the public library to study for the university entrance exam.

It then lays an egg onto the leg of the roach, closes off the entrance to the funnel with a rock and leaves.

To reach a newly accessible cove, head down the staircase near the entrance.

Stanford experiment reminds me fraternity entrance tests.

They then hid it above the door or buried it under the floorboards near the front entrance.

The entrance fee is generally refundable to residents who move out or to their heirs.

Once the entrance locks behind him, he discovers that.

Children must be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis-there must be no religious requirements or entrance exams.

Click on the entrance gate at bottom right and, remember, don't be afraid to get lost.

College entrance requirements appear to be drifting into an exaggerated importance.

Therefore, entrance exams, placement exams and other standardized test results should be taken with a grain of salt.

Japanese government asked the country's universities to ban mobile phones from the rooms they use to conduct their entrance exams.

Jeeps to tour part of the park can be arranged at the park's entrance.

Near the entrance sits a small waiting room for ideas whose time had come.

Street entrance with bold orange door and horsetail-filled concrete planters.

He also noted the armed guards stationed at every entrance and patrolling the halls.

International educators emphasize that conditionally admitted students meet all other university entrance requirements.

Above the entrance is an industrial-size cast-iron pulley-odd in a street of legal firms.

Cars are forbidden and must be left at the entrance bridge.

In our neighborhood fiddler crabs often group together in the street, especially at the entrance to the development.

Just to the left of the entrance door is the dining room, where the sisters penned their novels by.

One photograph posted online showed the electric gate at the main entrance of the university completely turned over on its side.

Programmes that apply stricter entrance criteria and are offered by more traditional universities.

One skull stood out-marked with what appeared to be the entrance wound from a musket ball.

These will be made so sensitive that the entrance of a single photon into ether cell is recorded.

Thirty-five elderly pilgrims dressed all in white were chanting outside the temple's entrance.

In fact, owners of small cyber cafes are hoping the entrance of the larger chains into the fray will give them a lift.

The entrance to a major highway/freeway is about three miles away.

He puts a bit of this into the hives, blocking the bees' entrance so that they have to chomp their way through it.

It comes complete with battlements and a well-guarded entrance.

The stuffed monkey dangling from the entrance to the scanner did little to cheer up the scene.

The systems help people who lack the traditional school education to satisfy the entrance requirements for vocational programs.

Some archaeologists speculate the stone slab could be part of an entrance to an underground chamber.

If you want to avoid lines, be at the entrance gates the minute the.

The doors swung open, and the boxes were quickly carried through an unremarkable entrance in the middle of the block.

If no one was at the front desk, ie me the entrance was locked.

Bobcats and snakes keep cool near the cave entrance.

There should be a place for visitors to park and the entrance should be obvious and welcoming.

He built this small structure over the entrance to his living space and in.

Sometimes academics want to make understanding arcane texts written in academese gives people entrance to some exclusive club.

They then placed fresh dung at the entrance to some and left others bare.

Learn to sleep with your back to the cubicle entrance.

The main entrance is no longer accessible from the.

At the school's entrance admire the exquisite decorative gypsum panels.

Below is a video of the wagon that greeted us at the circus entrance.

Entrance to the buildings of the small, crowded, garden will almost certainly be restricted.

They usually had one wider gap to serve as an entrance.

The now-famous view is not the twin bell-towered entrance but the back, where the shadows exaggerate the.

The checkpoint at the airport's entrance has turned into a toll-booth where women collect fees but armed guards are absent.

The hop-on-hop-off system gives visitors access to many entrance trails.

Fisher and colleagues found a square structure with a formal entrance that is believed to have been an imperial treasury.

The dining room opens onto the semi-walled entrance area.

The average person would have found my attempts at taking pictures of a bulldog ant nest entrance pretty quirky.

The concrete pavers lead to the main entrance of the house.

Califia's bees are clustering towards the entrance of her top bar hive, leaving the the rear of the hive empty.

The researchers are currently excavating the entrance area and the west side of the temple site.

There is a lookout spot not too far after the entrance to the park.

At its end she would take entrance exams for middle school.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

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

to fill with delight or wonder; enrapture.

to put into a trance: to be hypnotically entranced.

Origin:
1585–95; en-¹ + trance¹

Related forms

en·trance·ment, noun

un·en·tranced, adjective

Synonyms
1. enthrall, spellbind, fascinate, transport.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

entrance¹ (ˈɛntrəns)

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

[C16: from French, from entrer to enter]

entrance² (ɪnˈtrɑːns)

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

en'trancement²

—n

en'trancing²

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

entrance

1520s, from M.Fr. entrance, from entrer (see enter). Originally "act of entering," sense of "door, gate" first recorded in English 1530s.

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entrance

"to throw into a trance," 1593, from en- "put in" + trance (q.v.).

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