Definition

1. Noun:

   • The act of entering a place: The moment or manner of coming or going into a location.
   • A point or means of entering: A door, gate, passage, or other opening that allows access to a place.
   • The right or permission to enter: The authorization to go into a place or join a group.

2. Verb:

   • To fill with wonder and delight, holding the complete attention: To captivate or charm someone utterly.
   • To put into a trance: To induce a hypnotic state.

Usage

• As a noun: Used to describe the action of entering or the physical location where one enters.
• As a verb: Used to describe the action of captivating someone or inducing a trance-like state. It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object (e.g., to entrance ).

Examples

• Noun:

  • Her entrance into the room was so quiet that no one noticed.
  • Please use the main entrance at the front of the building.
  • The ticket grants you entrance to the museum.

• Verb:

  • The beautiful music entranced the entire audience.
  • The magician seemed to entrance his subject with a swinging watch.

Advanced Usage

• "To make an entrance": To enter a place, especially a room or stage, in a noticeable or dramatic way.

  • The actor made a memorable entrance from the back of the theater.

• "Gained entrance": Managed to get into a place, often implying effort or permission was required.

  • He gained entrance to the exclusive club by showing his membership card.

Variants and Related Words

• Entrant (n): A person or thing that enters, especially a participant in a competition.
• Entry (n): The act of entering; an item entered in a list, diary, or competition. (Note: While similar, "entry" often focuses more on the act or the recorded fact of entering, whereas "entrance" can emphasize the physical doorway or a dramatic arrival.)
• Entrancing (adj.): Captivating, charming.
  • The view from the cliff was absolutely entrancing.

Synonyms

• Noun (for the act/point of entry): Entry, access, doorway, gate, ingress.
• Verb (to captivate): Enchant, mesmerize, captivate, bewitch, fascinate.
• Verb (to put in a trance): Hypnotize, mesmerize.

Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

• "Entrance fee": The money required for permission to enter a place.

  • The entrance fee for the park is five dollars.

• "Stage entrance": The point where actors walk onto the stage.

  • She waited nervously in the wings for her stage entrance.

Noun

1. the act of entering
   • she made a grand entrance
2. a movement into or inward
3. 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

Verb

1. put into a trance
2. attract; cause to be enamored
   • She captured all the men's hearts