Definition of "entrance"

entrance¹

/ˈɛn.tɹəns/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural entrances
1. (countable) The action of entering, or going in.
2. The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
3. (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
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  ‘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.’
  1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess‎
4. (uncountable) The right to go in.
5. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
  Quotations
  Beware of entrance to a quarrel.
  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, [Act I, scene iii]
  in the entrance of the history of this great patriarch
  1794, Henry Hunter, Sacred Biography
6. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
7. (nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
  Quotations
  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.
  1899, Practical Engineer - Volumes 19-20, page 197
  At low , say 9 knots for a 400-ft. ship, 60 deg. entrance angle (side to side) can be accepted.
  1919, Shipbuilding and Shipping Record - Volume 13, page 667
  This bulb therefore creates a greater wave but has a higher form resistance as the waterlines have larger entrance angles.
  2018, A. Marinò, V. Bucci, Technology and Science for the Ships of the Future, page 788
8. (nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
  Quotations
  She [the Albemarle] has a bold entrance, and clean run.
  1781, Horatio Nelson, Diary
9. (music) The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.

entrance²

/ɛnˈtɹɑːns/

verb
third-person singular simple present entrances, present participle entrancing, simple past and past participle entranced
1. (transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.
  Quotations
  See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance...
  1996, Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, and Jonathan Roberts, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (film)
2. (transitive) To put into a trance.

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