- entrance
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entrance — n Entrance, entry, entree, ingress, access are comparable when meaning the act, fact, or privilege of going in or coming in. All but entree also carry the denotation of a way or means of entering. Their differences are largely in their… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Entrance — En trance, n. [OF. entrance, fr. OF. & F. entrant, p. pr. of entrer to enter. See {Enter}.] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Entrance — generally refers to the place of entering like a gate or door, or the permission to do so.Entrance may also refer to: * Entrance (display manager), a login manager for the X window manager. * Entrance (Liturgical), a kind of liturgical procession … Wikipedia
entrance — I noun access, adit, aditus, admission, anteroom, approach, door, entry, entryway, foyer, gangway, gate, gateway, illapse, infiltration, influx, ingress, inlet, inroad, insertion, introgression, introitus, invasion, lobby, means of access, means… … Law dictionary
entrance — UK US /ˈentrəns/ noun ► [S] COMMERCE a situation in which a company sells a product or service in a particular place or to a particular group of customers for the first time: »Analysts say the investment could prove to be a shrewd entrance into a … Financial and business terms
entrance — [n1] a way into a place access, approach, archway, avenue, corridor, door, doorway, entry, entryway, gate, gateway, hall, hallway, ingress, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, path, porch, port, portal, portico, staircase, threshold,… … New thesaurus
entrance — Ⅰ. entrance [1] ► NOUN 1) an opening that allows access to a place. 2) an act of entering. 3) the right, means, or opportunity to enter. Ⅱ. entrance [2] ► VERB … English terms dictionary
entrance — entrance1 [en′trəns] n. [ME entraunce < OFr entrant, prp. of entrer: see ENTER] 1. the act or point of entering [to make an entrance] 2. a place for entering; door, gate, etc. 3. permission, right, or power to enter; admission entrance2 [en… … English World dictionary
Entrance — En*trance , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entranced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entrancing}.] [Pref. en + trance.] 1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects. [1913 Webster] Him, still entranced and in a litter laid, They bore from field and to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Entrance — ist eine Siedlung in der kanadischen Provinz Alberta am Athabasca River nahe dem Abzweig der Bighorn Route (Alberta Highway 40) vom Yellowhead Highway (Canada Highway 16). Die Siedlung nahe dem Eingang zum Jasper Nationalpark hat nur etwa 70… … Deutsch Wikipedia
entrance — [ɑ̃tʀɑ̃s] n. f. ÉTYM. Déb. XIVe; de entrer. ❖ ♦ Vieux ou régional. 1 Le fait de commencer; entrée en matière (Proust, in T. L. F.). 2 (1853, Sand) … Encyclopédie Universelle
