entrance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of entering

   The magician made a grand entrance.

2. 2
   noun

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

   they waited at the entrance to the garden

3. 3
   noun

   The action of entering, or going in.

   make a grand entrance

4. 4
   noun

   The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.

   the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office

5. 5
   noun

   The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.

   ‘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.’

6. 6
   noun

   The right to go in.

   You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.

7. 7
   noun

   The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.

   a difficult entrance into business

8. 8
   noun

   The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.

   His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.

Etymology

From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”).