entrance

A2 Topic:Theater & Performance

US /ˈɛntrəns/ UK /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ See IPA manual

Freq #2947

Meanings

1

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

They waited for us at the entrance to the garden.
2

noun
The act of coming or going into a place.

The magician made a grand entrance.
3

noun
The right or permission to go into a place.

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a door, gate, or opening... entry entryway entranceway

2 noun · the act of coming or going... entry ingress

More ingang

Opposites

exit

Word family

Forms entrancedentrancesentrancingentrancingly

Derived forms disentranceentrancelessentrancemententrancerentrancewayreentrance

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Phrases (1)

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entrance exam
a test used to decide whether someone is prepared to enter a course or institution

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

Topics

Theater & Performance Places & Geography

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# entrance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɛntrəns/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɛn.tɹəns/
**Frequency rank:** 2947

## Meanings
1. A door, gate, or opening through which you enter a place.
2. The act of coming or going into a place.
3. The right or permission to go into a place.

## Examples
- They waited for us at the entrance to the garden.
- The magician made a grand entrance.
- You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.

## Synonyms
- ingang

## Antonyms
- exit

## Derived Forms
- disentrance
- entranceless
- entrancement
- entrancer
- entranceway
- reentrance

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

## AI Etymology
Entrance comes from Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”). In current use, the main senses are “A door, gate, or opening through which you enter a place” and “The act of coming or going into a place”.

## Topics
- Theater & Performance
- Places & Geography

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