entrance

plural entrances · alternative obsolete entraunce

1. countableThe action of entering, or going in.

   make a grand entrance

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   Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.

   Synonyms: ingress, entry

2. countableuncountableThe act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.

   the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office

3. countableThe place of entering, as a gate or doorway.

   Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.

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   ‘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.’

   1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

   Synonyms: entryway

4. uncountableThe right to go in.

   to give entrance to friends

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   You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.

5. countableuncountableThe entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.

   a difficult entrance into business

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   Beware of entrance to a quarrel.

   c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]

   in the entrance of the history of this great patriarch

   1794, Henry Hunter, Sacred Biography

6. countableuncountableThe 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.

7. countableuncountablenauticalThe angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

   At low , say 9 knots for a 400-ft. ship, 60 deg. entrance angle (side to side) can be accepted.

   1919, Shipbuilding and Shipping Record - Volume 13, page 667

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   A coarse-lined ship, fig. 4, has an angle of entrance of about 40 deg., measured at the load-water line; while a fine-lined ship has only about half that angle.

   1899, Practical Engineer - Volumes 19-20, page 197

   This bulb therefore creates a greater wave but has a higher form resistance as the waterlines have larger entrance angles.

   2018, A. Marinò, V. Bucci, Technology and Science for the Ships of the Future, page 788

8. countableuncountablenauticalThe bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.

   She [the Albemarle] has a bold entrance, and clean run.

   1781, Horatio Nelson, Diary

9. countableuncountableentertainmentThe beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
10. PhilippinesabbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of entrance fee.

    I want to go to this place but the entrance is too expensive.

present singular third person entrances · participle present entrancing · participle past entranced · past entranced · alternative obsolete entraunce

1. transitiveTo delight and fill with wonder.

   The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.

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   See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance...

   1996, Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, and Jonathan Roberts, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (film)

2. transitiveTo put into a trance.