entrance

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.
2. (transitive) To put into a trance.

Synonyms

entry

door

🚪

gate

doorway

admission

access

gateway

entering

ingress

portal

opening

entree

enchant

charm

entranceway

admittance

way in

passage

bewitch

entryway

fascinate

incoming

inlet

enamour

approach

mouth

accession

front door

beguile

captivate

spellbind

capture

enamor

threshold

trance

way

becharm

catch

point of entry

ingression

entry point

appearance

porch

penetration

arrival

acceptance

enthral

intake

coming

passageway

introduction

enrapture

exit

import

possession

prefatory

publication

receptacle

reception

reentry

relation

relationship

release

selection

span

start

starters

strike

ticket

🎫

understanding

verandah

vomitory

take inside

aditus

exordial

prelusive

aggression

pyron

entering into

settling down in a place

introitus

inlet opening

entry hole

inlet port

entry way

inlet entry

acquaintance

adit

advent

allure

assault

attack

👊

beginning

canyon

case

charge

check-in

coax

commencement

concern

connection

courtyard

delight

driveway

encounter

enter

enter into

entranced

entrance door

familiarity

fit

front

goal

going into

hall

hatch

hit

hole

🕳️

imprisonment

inaugural

incidence

incursion

influx

ingoing

initiation

injection

inrush

installation

internment

interrelation

introductory

intrusion

landing

main entrance

matriculation

meeting

offensive

pass

path

🛣️

Translations

entrée

entrada

Eingang

ingang

toegang

entree

intrede

acceso

Zugang

binnengaan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛn.tɹəns/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle English: ingang

Cognate with Old English: ingang

In summary

From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”).