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entrance

UK/ˈɛn.tɹəns/US/ˈɛn.tɹəns/
nounB12 meaningsVery common — you will meet it every day · #1,792 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: entrances, entranced, entrancing

An entrance is the way into a building. The main entrance, side entrance, entrance hall.

It is the physical opening, where entry is the act of going in — though an entrance fee and an entrance exam both use it for the act. There is a separate verb entrance, stressed on the second syllable, meaning to fill with delight, which is from trance. Note that the noun displaced the older English ingang.

Christian Ferrer · CC BY 4.0

Definitions of entrance

  1. 1nounentranceThe way into a building.B1

    “Meet me at the main entrance of the museum at ten.”

  2. 2verbfillTo fill with delight.C1

    “The children were entranced by the puppet show.”

Too few real examples of this word to estimate which sense is commonest.

entrance is a way in.

Where it comes from

Middle French entrance comes from entrer, to enter, from Latin intrare. The verb entrance meaning to enchant is a different word, from trance.

  1. Middle French

    entrance — entry

  2. English, today

    entrance

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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entrance in the wild

  • After a match, the entrance theme of the victor will normally be played as they exit the ring.

    Music in professional wrestling

  • The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is an engineering entrance assessment conducted for admission to various engineering colleges in India.

    Joint Entrance Examination

  • Alternatively, it may be a vestibule (a small room leading into a larger space) or a projecting building that houses the entrance door of a building.

    Porch

  • Some porches are very small and cover only the entrance area of a building.

    Porch

  • There are inscriptions at the Grand Entrance and at the Whitworth Street entrance, recording important events in the history of the building.

    Sackville Street Building

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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entrance — used about once every 210 pages · #1,792 · point at the bar for the others