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Definition of Entrance

1. Verb. Attract; cause to be enamored. "The performance is likely to entrance Sue"; "She captured all the men's hearts"

2. Noun. Something that provides access (to get in or get out). "Beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"

3. Verb. Put into a trance. "The performance is likely to entrance Sue"

4. Noun. A movement into or inward.

5. Noun. The act of entering. ; "She made a grand entrance"

Definition of Entrance

1. n. 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. v. t. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.

Definition of Entrance

1. Noun. The action of entering, or going in. ¹

2. Noun. The place of entering, as a gate or doorway. ¹

3. Noun. The right to go in. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To delight and fill with wonder. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To put into a trance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Entrance

1. to fill with delight or wonder [v -TRANCED, -TRANCING, -TRANCES]

Medical Definition of Entrance

1. 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. 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." "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. The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line. Origin: OF. Entrance, fr. OF. & F. Entrant, p. Pr. Of entrer to enter. See Enter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Entrance

entrained thinking entrainer entrainers entraining entrainment entrainments entrains entrall entralles entrammel

entrammeled entrammeling entrammelled entrammelling entrammels entrance (current term) entrance block entrance exam entrance examination entrance examinations

entrance fee entrance hall entrance money entrance pupil entranced entranceless entrancement entrancements entrances entranceway

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