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Entrance

Entrance Meaning & Definition
Entrance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Entrance?

[n] the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"
[n] something that provides access (entry or exit); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
[n] a movement into or inward
[v] put into a trance
[v] attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Entrance: becharm | beguile | bewitch | captivate | capture | catch | charm | enamor | enamour | enchant | entering | entering | entranceway | entree | entry | entry | entryway | fascinate | incoming | ingress | spellbind | trance

Related Terms | Find terms related to Entrance: access | adit | admission | admittance | air lock | anesthetize | aperture | appearance | approach | arrival | attract | becharm | beginning | beguile | bewitch | captivate | carry away | cast a spell | channel | charm | coming | coming in | commencement | conduit | corridor | course | delectate | delight | ditch | door | doorway | dope | drug | duct | egress | embedment | enchant | encroachment | enrapture | enravish | enthrall | entrance hall | entranceway | entree | entrenchment | entry | entryway | exit | fascinate | foyer | freak out | galilee | gangplank | gangway | gate | gladden | graft | grafting | hall | hypnotize | impaction | impactment | imparadise | impingement | implantation | import | importation | importing | imposition | in | income | incoming | incursion | infatuate | infiltration | infixion | influx | infringement | infusion | ingoing | ingress | ingression | injection | inlet | inoculation | input | inroad | insertion | insinuation | intake | interference | interjection | interloping | interpenetration | interpolation | interposition | interposure | interruption | intervention | intrigue | introduction | introgression | intromission | intrusion | invasion | irruption | knock dead | knock out | leakage | lobby | lull to sleep | magnetize | means of access | mesmerize | narcotize | narthex | obtrusion | open arms | open door | opening | overpower | passage | passageway | penetration | percolation | perfusion | please | portal | portico | propylaeum | put to sleep | put under | ravish | reception | rejoice | right of entry | rock to sleep | sedate | seepage | send | slay | spell | spellbind | start | stoa | tessellation | threshold | thrill | tickle | tickle pink | titillate | trance | transplant | transplantation | transport | trench | trespass | trespassing | trough | troughing | troughway | tunnel | unlawful entry | vamp | vestibule | way | way in | witch | wow

See Also | access | accession | admission | admittance | appeal | approach | arch | archway | arrival | attract | change of location | door | doorway | encroachment | enrollment | enrolment | entree | gateway | hatchway | hold | hypnotise | hypnotize | incursion | intrusion | intrusion | invasion | irruption | mesmerise | mesmerize | opening | penetration | pithead | portal | porte-cochere | registration | room access | scuttle | servant's entrance | service door | service entrance | stage door | threshold | travel | vomitory | work

Entrance In Webster's Dictionary

\En"trance\, n. [OF. entrance, fr. OF. & F. entrant, p. pr. of entrer to enter. See {Enter}.] 1. The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office. 2. Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends. --Shak. 3. The passage, door, or gate, for entering. Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city. --Judg. i. 24. 4. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business. ``Beware of entrance to a quarrel.'' --Shak. St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology. --Hakewill. 5. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day. 6. (Naut.) (a) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. (b) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line. --Totten.
\En*trance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entranced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entrancing}.] [Pref. en- + trance.] 1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects. Him, still entranced and in a litter laid, They bore from field and to the bed conveyed. --Dryden. 2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm. And I so ravished with her heavenly note, I stood entranced, and had no room for thought. --Dryden.

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