entrance
IPA: ˈɛntrʌns
noun
- (countable) The action of entering, or going in.
- The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
- (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
- (uncountable) The right to go in.
- The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
- The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
- (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.
- (music) The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
verb
- (transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.
- (transitive) To put into a trance.
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Examples of "entrance" in Sentences
- This blocks the entrance to the pore.
- The charge for the entrance is expensive.
- The entrance is said to be inconspicuous.
- The entrance is in the east of the station.
- That is the temporary entrance to the stadium.
- A drawbridge crosses the moat at the entrance.
- In the background is the entrance to the Depository.
- The entrance depicted in the game is the Bedquilt Entrance to Colossal Cave.
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