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ENTRANCE

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of entering

Example:

she made a grand entrance

Synonyms:

entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("entrance" is a kind of...):

arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entrance"):

incursion (the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers))

intrusion (entrance by force or without permission or welcome)

irruption (a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in)

entree (an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage)

enrollment; enrolment; registration (the act of enrolling)

penetration (the act of entering into or through something)

admission; admittance (the act of admitting someone to enter)

Derivation:

enter (come on stage)

enter (to come or go into)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that provides access (to get in or get out)

Example:

beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral

Synonyms:

entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("entrance" is a kind of...):

access; approach (a way of entering or leaving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entrance"):

vomitory (an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium)

stage door (an entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel)

servant's entrance; service door; service entrance (an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse)

porte-cochere (a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard)

portal (a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically))

pithead (the entrance to a coal mine)

hatchway; opening; scuttle (an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship)

gateway (an entrance that can be closed by a gate)

door; doorway; room access; threshold (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close)

arch; archway (a passageway under a curved masonry construction)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A movement into or inward

Synonyms:

entering; entrance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("entrance" is a kind of...):

change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entrance"):

encroachment; intrusion; invasion (any entry into an area not previously occupied)

Derivation:

enter (to come or go into)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put into a trance

Synonyms:

entrance; spellbind

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "entrance" is one way to...):

hypnotise; hypnotize; mesmerise; mesmerize (induce hypnosis in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to entrance Sue

Derivation:

entrancement (a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Attract; cause to be enamored

Example:

She captured all the men's hearts

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "entrance" is one way to...):

appeal; attract (be attractive to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "entrance"):

hold (hold the attention of)

work (gratify and charm, usually in order to influence)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

entrancement (a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts.

(Into, NCI Thesaurus)

A structure of special sense serving as an organ of the sense of smell and as an entrance to the respiratory tract.

(Nose, NCI Thesaurus)

Ford and Alleyne took their seats between Aylward and Black Simon, without their entrance checking in any degree the hubbub which was going on.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A gentle slope ran up from the beach to the entrance of the cave.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; affording free passage or access; accessible to all.

(Open, NCI Thesaurus)

At my entrance, he called aloud to me, “not to disturb his webs.”

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

"You see, I'm not just right. I'll take you home. We can go out by the servants' entrance. No one will see us. Pull down that veil and everything will be all right."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

We stood at the entrance while Holmes made an examination of the carpet.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the right side was a small wooden thicket, which led into a narrow path between two neat hedges stretching from the road to the kitchen door, and forming the tradesmen’s entrance.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The fact is that upon his entrance I had instantly recognised the extreme personal danger in which I lay.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)