entrance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕn'trəns
ipa: /ˈɛn.tɹəns/
Forms: form: entrances
form: entraunce
Etymology: From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”).
Senses: examples: text: make a grand entrance
text: Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
glosses: The action of entering, or going in.
examples: text: the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
glosses: The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
examples: text: ‘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.’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.
synonyms: entryway
glosses: The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
examples: text: You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
text: to give entrance to friends
glosses: The right to go in.
examples: text: a difficult entrance into business
text: Beware of entrance to a quarrel.
ref: 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]:
text: in the entrance of the history of this great patriarch
ref: 1794, Henry Hunter, Sacred Biography:
glosses: The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
examples: text: His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
glosses: The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1899, Practical Engineer - Volumes 19-20, page 197:
text: At low , say 9 knots for a 400-ft. ship, 60 deg. entrance angle (side to side) can be accepted.
ref: 1919, Shipbuilding and Shipping Record - Volume 13, page 667:
text: This bulb therefore creates a greater wave but has a higher form resistance as the waterlines have larger entrance angles.
ref: 2018, A. Marinò, V. Bucci, Technology and Science for the Ships of the Future, page 788:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
examples: text: She [the Albemarle] has a bold entrance, and clean run.
ref: 1781, Horatio Nelson, Diary:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
Synonyms: ingang
Derived terms: entrance exam
entrance examination
entrance hall
entranceless
entrance reducer
entranceway
entrance wound
make an entrance
make one's entrance
reentrance
side entrance
tradesman's entrance