entrance
Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.tɹəns/
The English word “entrance” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- The action of entering, or going in.
- The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
- The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
- 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.
- 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.
- The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
verb
Etymology
From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”).
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