entrance
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”).
Inflected forms:
form: entrances
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: entraunce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: entrances
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: entrancing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: entranced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: entranced
pos: verb
tags: past
form: entraunce
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The action of entering, or going in.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: make a grand entrance
Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
gloss: The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
gloss: The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: ‘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.’
Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.
gloss: The right to go in.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
to give entrance to friends
gloss: The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a difficult entrance into business
Beware of entrance to a quarrel.
in the entrance of the history of this great patriarch
gloss: The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
gloss: The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
At low , say 9 knots for a 400-ft. ship, 60 deg. entrance angle (side to side) can be accepted.
This bulb therefore creates a greater wave but has a higher form resistance as the waterlines have larger entrance angles.
gloss: The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She [the Albemarle] has a bold entrance, and clean run.
gloss: The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To delight and fill with wonder.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.
See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance...
gloss: To put into a trance.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: ingang
Antonyms: exit
Derived words: 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
disentrance
entrancement
entrancer
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