entrance

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Nothing could have taken the boy's mind from his loss of the dog so well as did the many varied interests which the gardens offered Near the entrance was a large, fine building used by visitors as a resting-place, and for refreshments.

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  1. noun The act or an instance of entering.
  2. noun A means or point by which to enter.
  3. noun Permission or power to enter; admission: gained entrance to medical school.
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  • I backed out of the entrance, looked up, and in line high upon the crenellated edge of a decorative battlement above the entrance were the lads—all of Puss in Boots Flight, including Shad and Mathilda. —  AnalogSFF,November2007
  • PC's internet groupies claim that the dishes pictured in the photographs at the entrance are a reliable sample of the best things he has to offer. —  Les Jones
  • Inside the entrance is a path made of stone with a distinct texture that leads the visually impaired to the front desk, which has wheelchair-level counters.
  • Around the entrance were arranged numerous boxes of oranges, apples, nuts, candy, and similar articles, to tempt the passer-by to stop and purchase. —  Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way
  • On one side of the entrance was a puppet show, on the other a band of musicians, playing "Di tanti palpati." —  The Diary of an Ennuyée
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entrance:   entrances ·  entranced
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English entraunce, right to enter, from Old French, from entrer, to enter; see enter.

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  1. Early modern English also entraunce, enterance, enteraunce; from Old French entrance, entrance, from entrant, entering, entrant: see entrant.
  2. Formerly also intrance; from en- + trance.
 

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