entrance
something that provides access (to get in or get out)
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,563 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,703 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- something that provides access (to get in or get out) also: entranceway, entryway, entry, entree they waited at the entrance to the gardenbeggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- a movement into or inward also: entering
- the act of entering also: entering, entry, ingress, incoming she made a grand entrance
verb
- attract; cause to be enamored also: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor She captured all the men's hearts
- put into a trance also: spellbind
entrance in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The entrance of Jenkins barely aroused him.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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She looked critically round my studio on her entrance.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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The entrance of the troops into Paris put an end to her dream.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Now and then a single miner might be seen wandering alone at the entrance of their subterranean dwelling.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1
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On the side of this rock, was a little hollow place, resembling the entrance or door of a cave.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1