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entrance

ent·rance

UK/ɛnˈtɹɑːns/ US/ɛnˈtɹæns/ common
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

something that provides access (entry or exit)

  • “they waited at the entrance to the garden”
  • “beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral”
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2.

a movement into or inward

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3.

the act of entering

  • “she made a grand entrance”
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verb

1.
2.

put into a trance

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Origin

From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”).

Phrases

  • entrance exam
  • entrance examination
  • entrance hall
  • entrance reducer
  • entrance wound
  • make an entrance
  • make one's entrance
  • side entrance

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