Entrance
Pronunciation
- UK enPR: ĕn'trəns, IPA: /ˈɛn.trəns/
Origin 1
Alternative forms
From Middle French entrance ("entry")
Full definition of entrance
Noun
entrance
(countable and uncountable; plural entrances)- (countable) The action of entering, or going in.Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
- The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
- (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
- 1963, w, w:The China Governess Chapter 1, ‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’
- Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.
- (uncountable) The right to go in.You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.to give entrance to friends
- The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.a difficult entrance into business
- ShakespeareBeware of entrance to a quarrel.
- HalliwellSt. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology.
- The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
- (nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
- (nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
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Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ɛnˈtɹæns/
- Rhymes: -æns
Origin 2
From en- ("") + trance ("daze")