1. entrance(n = noun.artifact) entranceway, entree, entry, entryway - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
is a kind of access, approach
has particulars: arch, archway, door, doorway, room access, threshold, gateway, hatchway, opening, scuttle, pithead, portal, porte-cochere, servant's entrance, service door, service entrance, stage door, vomitory
2. entrance(n = noun.event) entering - a movement into or inward;
is a kind of change of location, travel
has particulars: encroachment, intrusion, invasion
Derived form verb enter1
3. entrance(n = noun.act) entering, entry, incoming, ingress - the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"
is a kind of arrival
has particulars: incursion, intrusion, irruption, entree, enrollment, enrolment, registration, penetration, admission, admittance
Derived form verb enter1
1. entrance(v = verb.emotion) becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance - attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
is one way to appeal, attract
Derived form noun entrancement1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
2. entrance(v = verb.body) spellbind - put into a trance;
is one way to hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise, mesmerize
Derived form noun entrancement1
Sample sentences:
The performance is likely to entrance Sue
1. The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office. [1913 Webster]
2. Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends. Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. The passage, door, or gate, for entering. [1913 Webster]
"Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city." [1913 Webster]
4. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology." [1913 Webster]
5. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day. [1913 Webster]
6. The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. Totten. [1913 Webster]
1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects. [1913 Webster]
"Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,
They bore from field and to the bed conveyed." [1913 Webster]
2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm. [1913 Webster]
"And I so ravished with her heavenly note,
I stood entranced, and had no room for thought." [1913 Webster]
entrance, n.
1 the act or an instance of going or coming in.
2 a door, passage, etc., by which one enters.
3 right of admission.
4 the coming of an actor on stage.
5 Mus. = ENTRY 8.
6 (foll. by into, upon) entering into office etc.
7 (in full entrance fee) a fee paid for admission to a society, club, exhibition, etc.
entrance, v.tr.
1 enchant, delight.
2 put into a trance.
3 (often foll. by with) overwhelm with strong feeling.
Derivative:
entrancement n. entrancing adj. entrancingly adv.
N beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation, introduction, alpha, initial, inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak, onset, brunt, initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source, rise, bud, germ, egg, rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy, start, inception, creation, starting point, dawn, evolution, title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door, gate, gateway, postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule, propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABC, beginning, initial, initiatory, initiative, inceptive, introductory, incipient, proemial, inaugural, inchoate, inchoative, embryonic, rudimental, primogenial, primeval, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, natal, nascent, first, foremost, leading, maiden, begun, just begun, at the beginning, in the beginning first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine, let's get going!, let's get this show on the road!, up and at 'em!, aller Anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt.
VB cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure, afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure, please, charm, delight, becharm, imparadise, gladden, take, captivate, fascinate, enchant, entrance, enrapture, transport, bewitch, enravish, bless, beatify, satisfy, gratify, desire, slake, satiate, quench, indulge, humor, flatter, tickle, tickle the palate, regale, refresh, enliven, treat, amuse, take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy, meet one's wishes, win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart, do one's heart good, attract, allure, stimulate, interest, make things pleasant, popularize, gild the pill, sugar-coat the pill, sweeten.
VB practice sorcery, cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant, bewitch, bedevil, hoodoo, voodoo, entrance, mesmerize, magnetize, fascinate, taboo, wave a wand, rub the ring, rub the lamp, cast a spell, call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep, raise spirits from the dead.
N ingress, entrance, entry, introgression, influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption, ingression, penetration, interpenetration, illapse, import, infiltration, immigration, admission, insinuation, insertion, inlet, way in, mouth, door, barway, path, conduit, immigrant, incoming.
back entrance, entrance exam, entrance examination, entrance fee, entrance hall, entrance money, front entrance, servant's entrance, service entrance, side entrance