Entrance

Quick meaning: Entrance is a noun meaning (countable) The action of entering, or going in.

Meaning

(countable) The action of entering, or going in.

More Meanings

1. The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
2. (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
3. (uncountable) The right to go in.
4. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
5. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
6. (nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
7. (nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.

Example Sentences

make a grand entrance

to give entrance to friends

a difficult entrance into business

Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.

Word Forms

• entrances
• entraunce
• entrancing
• entranced

Synonyms for entrance

Depending on context, synonyms include ingang, ingress, entry, entryway, charm, beguile.

Antonyms for entrance

Common opposites include exit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include entering, entry, ingress, incoming, capture, catch.

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