entrance

1 something that provides access (entry or exit); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: entranceway, entryway, entry, entree]

2 a movement into or inward [syn: entering]

3 the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: entering, entry, ingress, incoming]

1 attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, enchant]

2 put into a trance [syn: spellbind]

English

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • AHD: ĕn'trəns
  • IPA /ˈɛntrəns/
  • SAMPA: /"Entr@ns/
• Verb:
  • AHD: ĕn'träns (UK), ĕn'trăns (US)
  • IPA: /εn'trɑːns/ (UK), /εn'træns/ (US)
  • SAMPA /En"trA:ns/ (UK), /En"tr

Entrance generally refers to the place of entering like a gate or door, or the permission to do so.

Entrance may also refer to:

• Entrance (display manager), a login manager for the X window manager.
• Entrance (Liturgical), a kind of liturgical procession in the Eastern Orthodox tradition
• Entrance (musician), born Guy Blakeslee
• Making an entrance, a theatrical term for the appearance of a character on screen or stage
• Admission to an event or establishment
• The Entrance, New South Wales, a suburb on the Central Coast of Australia
• "Entrance", a song by Dimmu Borgir from their 1997 album Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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