Entrance

['entr(ə)ns] or ['ɛntrəns]

Definition

(noun.) the act of entering; 'she made a grand entrance'.

(noun.) something that provides access (to get in or get out); 'they waited at the entrance to the garden'; 'beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral'.

(noun.) a movement into or inward.

(verb.) put into a trance.

Inputed by Kelly--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.

(n.) Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.

(n.) The passage, door, or gate, for entering.

(n.) The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.

(n.) The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.

(n.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

(n.) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.

(v. t.) To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.

(v. t.) To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.

Editor: Ozzie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Ingress.[2]. Entry, inlet, mouth, avenue, passage, door, gate, portal.[3]. Beginning, commencement, initiation, introduction.

v. a. Charm, enchant, enrapture, fascinate, captivate, delight, bewitch, ravish, electrify, throw into ecstasies.

Inputed by Kelly

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See ENRAPTURE]

SYN:Introduction, opening, entry, inlet, porch, admission, penetration, avenue,portal, ingress, adit

ANT:Exit, egress, departure, debouchure

Editor: Myra

Definition

n. act of entering: power or right to enter: the place for entering the door: the beginning.—n. En′trant one who or that which enters.

v.t. to put into a trance: to fill with rapturous delight.—n. Entrance′ment state of trance or of excessive joy.—p.adj. Entranc′ing charming transporting.

Inputed by Glenda

Examples

Editor: Sidney

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