ENTRANCE

entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming

(noun) the act of entering; “she made a grand entrance”

entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree

(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”

entrance, entering

(noun) a movement into or inward

entrance, spellbind

(verb) put into a trance

capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant

(verb) attract; cause to be enamored; “She captured all the men’s hearts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

entrance (countable and uncountable, plural entrances)

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

The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.

(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.

(uncountable) The right to go in.

The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.

The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.

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

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

(music) When a musician starts playing or singing, entry.

Synonyms

• ingang

Antonyms

• exit

Etymology 2

Verb

entrance (third-person singular simple present entrances, present participle entrancing, simple past and past participle entranced)

(transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.

(transitive) To put into a trance.

Anagrams

• centenar, enneract, rectenna

Source: Wiktionary

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En"trance, n. Etym: [OF. entrance, fr. OF. & F. entrant, p. pr. of entrer to enter. See Enter.]

1. 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.

2. Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends. Shak.

3. The passage, door, or gate, for entering. Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city. Judg. i. 24.

4. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business. "Beware of entrance to a quarrel." Shak. St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology. Hakewill.

5. 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.

6. (Naut.) (a) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. Ham. Nav. Encyc. (b) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line. Totten.

En*trance", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entranced; p. pr. & vb. n. Entrancing.] Etym: [Pref. en- + trance.]

1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects. Him, still entranced and in a litter laid, They bore from field and to the bed conveyed. Dryden.

2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm. And I so ravished with her heavenly note, I stood entranced, and had no room for thought. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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