entrance

Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.tɹəns/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
  2. noun a movement into or inward
  3. noun the act of entering

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

entranceway, entryway, entry, entree

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
access
Narrower (hyponyms)
portal, porte-cochere, gateway, pithead, arch, vomitory

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