entraunce

Noun

entrance (countable and uncountable, plural entrances)

1. (countable) The action of entering, or going in.
   • make a grand entrance

   Synonyms:

   ingress, entry

2. The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
   • the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
3. (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
   • ‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   entryway

4. (uncountable) The right to go in.
   • You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
5. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
   • a difficult entrance into business
6. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
   • His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.

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