entrance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A door, gate, or opening through which you enter a place.

   They waited for us at the entrance to the garden.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of coming or going into a place.

   The magician made a grand entrance.

3. 3
   noun

   The right or permission to go into a place.

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

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

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