entrance
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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entrance (countable and uncountable, plural entrances)
- (countable) The action of entering, or going in.
- Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
- The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
- the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
- (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- ‘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.
- (uncountable) The right to go in.
- You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
- to give entrance to friends
- The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
- a difficult entrance into business
- 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]:
- Beware of entrance to a quarrel.
- 1794, Henry Hunter, Sacred Biography:
- in the entrance of the history of this great patriarch
- The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
- His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
- (nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
- 1899, Practical Engineer - Volumes 19-20, page 197:
- 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.
- 1919, Shipbuilding and Shipping Record - Volume 13, page 667:
- At low , say 9 knots for a 400-ft. ship, 60 deg. entrance angle (side to side) can be accepted.
- 2018, A. Marinò, V. Bucci, Technology and Science for the Ships of the Future, page 788:
- This bulb therefore creates a greater wave but has a higher form resistance as the waterlines have larger entrance angles.
- (nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
- 1781, Horatio Nelson, Diary:
- She [the Albemarle] has a bold entrance, and clean run.
- (music) The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]action of entering, or going in
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act of taking possession, as of property, or of office
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place of entering
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right to go in
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entering upon; the beginning
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causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse
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nautical: angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line
nautical: wedgelike forepart of a vessel below the water line
music: when a musician starts performing
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Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛnˈtɹɑːns/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɛnˈtɹæns/
- Rhymes: -æns, -ɑːns
Audio (US): (file)
Verb
[edit]entrance (third-person singular simple present entrances, present participle entrancing, simple past and past participle entranced)
- (transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.
- The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.
- 1996, Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, and Jonathan Roberts, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (film)
- See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance...
- (transitive) To put into a trance.
Derived terms
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[edit]to delight
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to put into a trance
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Anagrams
[edit]Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in late Old French, from entrer + -ance.
Noun
[edit]entrance f (plural entrances)
- entrance (place where entry is possible)
- permission to enter
Descendants
[edit]- → English: entrance
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (entrance)
- Etymology and history of “entrance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]entrance
- inflection of entrançar:
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