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entrancen. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed with English, by derivation. Etymons: French entrance ; enter v., -ance suffix. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman and Middle French (rare) entrance admission, right of access (late 14th cent.), in Anglo-Norman also opening that allows access to a place (early 14th cent. or earlier; 13th cent. in an isolated attestation in Old French in sense ‘action or act of entering’; < entrer enter v. + -ance -ance suffix), and partly (ii) < enter v. + -ance suffix. Compare earlier entering n., entry n. Compare also earlier ingang n., ingoing n.Specific senses. In sense 2d after ancient Greek εἴσοδος, used in Byzantine Greek in this sense. Specific forms. The β. forms show remodelling after classical Latin intrāre (see enter v.). I. Senses relating to physical entry into a place. 1. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > means of entrance > place of entrance ?c1525 (a1503) (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) iii. 45 By this pagent they passid unto the very entyraunnce of the Paleis. 1535 Ezek. xl. 38 A chambre also, whose intraunce was at the dore pilers. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster sig. Fviijv At the entraunce at the great desert. 1609 W. Shakespeare iii. iii. 38 Achilles stands ith entrance of his tent. View more context for this quotation 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden 33 The more Northerly enterance of Nilus..served instead of Bounds to the South part of the Land of Israel. 1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 17 in W. Stork (ed. 2) At the entrance of the river into the great lake there floats prodigious quantities of the pistia. 1799 2 211 The entrance of the river is defended by several small fortresses. 1839 W. B. Stonehouse 152 The arched entrance to the north porch..is richly ornamented by trefoil flexures. 1860 J. Tyndall i. §8. 60 The glacier is forced through the entrance of the trunk valley. 1952 15 Dec. 84/3 The expressway—the free, dual-lane, high-speed thoroughfare which either by-passes or cuts through cities. Entrances and exits are at selected places. 1968 G. M. Williams xiii. 308 On the way they passed St. Andrew's Church. The entrance was lit and people were coming out. 2009 36 601/2 A research assistant greeted them at the entrance to the room. 1535 Ecclus. i. 5 Gods worde in the heyth is the well of wyssdome, and the euerlastinge commaundementes are the intraunce of her. a1593 C. Marlowe (1633) v. sig. I2v And now, as entrance to our safety, To prison with the Gouernour. 1605 W. Camden ii. 17 That these were the fowre entraunces into the church, which a countriman of ours long since in this manner Epigrammatically opened. 1725 D. Defoe ii. 100 At the first View it gives no Traveller any other Idea than that of being at the very Entrance into Eternal Horror. 1825 Mar. 151/2 Faith..stands at the entrances of the mind, as it were, and passes sentence on the authenticity of all information which goes in. 1963 Feb. 8/1 Martin Buber said, ‘Faith is not a feeling in the soul, but an entrance into reality.’ 2016 W. B. Taylor 303 They [sc. scriptural references] suggest that Leviathan's mouth was a one-way entrance to damnation and the pit of hell. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo i. xvii. f. xiiv/1 Whan these synnowes haue passed the Epiglot, ther proceede from them braunches, ascendyng up, which shut the entraunce of the pype called Fistula cimbalaris. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont xxxiv. 261 The snivel which should receive those opposite filths, ought to sweat out, as well in the entrance of the wind-pipe, as before the Organ or Instrument of smelling. 1688 A. Pitfield tr. C. Perrault 237 From this Tunnel proceeded a folded Membrane, making as it were a Purse, which ended in a point towards the border of the Crystaline, nearest the entrance of the Optick Nerve. 1731 N. Bailey Cavernous Ulcer is an Ulcer whose Entrance is straight, and the Bottom broad, wherein are many Holes filled with malignant Matter. 1798 2 20 In the bottom of the eye, close by the entrance of the optic nerve, towards the outside.., there is a yellow spot in the retina. 1836 Aug. 17/2 By means of the regulator, we diminish a little the entrance of the pipe. 1892 E. F. Ingals (rev. ed.) xxxvii. 630 Sometimes..blood or pus may be detected at the œsophageal entrance. 1913 10 May 1407/1 The elastic pharyngeal tube raised the soft palate and the uvula, and thus shut off the entrance into the nasopharynx. 1981 9 520/2 Concerning french horn mi178, I had also noticed that the tube entrance was extremely wide. 2010 New Ser. 100 p. cxix That vertex..lies beyond the entrance of the optic nerve into the back of the eyes. 2. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano sig. S.ij Salte drieth and supresseth the humidites..and so shutteth the poores, and consequently stoppeth the entrance of venome. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) 202/2 in (new ed.) I From the time of the first entrance of the Danes into this realme, vntill their last expulsion & riddance. 1612 P. Pomarius (new ed.) 154 The dose is..to bee taken at the entrance into bed. 1628 W. Prynne 38 He hath prescribed vs a short Eiaculation..at our entrance into the Church. 1720 D. Defoe 106 In the..first Entrance of the Wast, we were..discouraged. 1791 A. Radcliffe I. i. 16 He was interrupted by the entrance of the ruffian. 1839 G. P. R. James II. 286 To witness the entrance of the Royal party. 1887 J. Hatton I. iii. vii. 200 The police had raided the house almost simultaneously with my entrance. 1927 21 40/2 His entrance into London in 1832 brought him further recognition. 1944 G. Heyer xvi. 182 Hero..made a somewhat shy entrance into a saloon already full of guests. 2009 38 52/1 The esteemed guests collectively rise upon her entrance. 1583 A. Marten tr. P. M. Vermigli ii. i. 242/1 Now we must see, by which one man it is, that Paule saith, sinne had such an entrance into the world. 1614 W. Raleigh i. ii. xvi. §5. 472 This gaue occasion to young Dauid..to make a famous entrance into publicke notice of the people. 1641 E. Kellett ii. xiv. 340 Wicked men..shall be plagued and punished, as Iudas was both in body and soule; by the entrance of the Devill into them. 1750 S. Johnson No. 1. ⁋2 Perhaps few Authors have presented themselves before the Publick, without wishing that such ceremonial Modes of Entrance had been anciently established. 1795 Aug. 148 The necessity of redemption originated, by the entrance of sin into the world. 1828 July 19 The entrance of divine truth into their minds, brings light into their understandings. 1879 Feb. 219/1 When solo singing made its entrance into their works, it was naturally modest in its claims. 1977 Mar. 19/2 With a redesigned bell, the trombone made its entrance in to the orchestra in the late 18th century. 1993 8 Feb. 2/1 IBM made its entrance in 1979 and pioneered the China market. 2015 H. A. Giroux iv. 51 His subsequent demonization by the media only confirms its entrance into the public consciousness as a form of vicious entertainment. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > [noun] > entrance on stage 1592 sig. C3 He stood like..a plaier that being out of his part at his first entrance, is faine to haue the booke to speak what he should performe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. vii. 141 All the world's a stage, And all the men and women, meerely Players; They haue their Exits and their Entrances, And one man in his time playes many parts. 1679 J. Dryden Pref. sig. A4v After an Entrance or two, he lets 'em [sc. Pandarus and Thersites] fall. 1711 J. Addison No. 29. ¶1 There is nothing that more startled our English Audience, than the Italian Recitativo at its first Entrance upon the Stage. 1783 H. Blair II. xlv. 496 The entrance of a new personage upon the Stage, forms what is called a New Scene. 1819 W. Hazlitt viii. 317 The laughableness of this comedy..depends on a brilliant series of mistimed exits and entrances. 1870 Nov. 523/2 Françoise d'Aubigné was born in a prison, and the first thirty years of her life were altogether in keeping with such an entrance on the world's stage. 1874 J. Morley 99 Progress would mean something more than mere entrances and exits on the theatre of office. 1933 P. Godfrey i. 17 Each ‘call’ is plainly marked in the prompt book sufficiently ahead of the actual entrance to allow the actor concerned to receive an individual visit from the call-boy. 1982 V. Gottlied iii. 62 The entrances and exits also indicate the farcical nature of the stage movement. 2014 31 Mar. 50/2 A folder..that held her script, her notes, her scene-by-scene breakdown of the cast's exits and entrances. 1855 P. Freeman I. i. 147 There are in the Eastern Communion Offices two solemn ‘entrances’; the bringing in, that is, of the Gospels, and of the elements. 1859 J. M. Neale Introd. p. xv There is only one altar in every Eastern Church... Thence the Little and Great Entrances are made. 1929 E. C. Thomas i. xiii. 54 The ceremonial which preceded the reading of the Gospel, called the ‘Lesser Entrance’, was similar to that in the Greek Liturgy. 1980 G. Wainwright (1984) v. 149 In the Byzantine liturgy, the ‘lesser entrance’ with the book of the gospel for reading is made with a dignity second only to the ‘greater entrance’ with the bread and wine prepared for the eucharist. 2010 No. 57–58. 183/1 ‘Little Entrance’ marks the liturgical moment when the Gospels are brought out..into the sanctuary. The Great Entrance occurs when the unconsecrated offerings are brought to the altar. 3. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > power, right, or opportunity of entrance ?1552 V. Leigh sig. B.iijv Al synnes haue free entraunce. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in ⁋3 It was my happie chance to have entrance into a goodly Gardene plotte. 1647 H. More ii. iii. iv. xviii Gods lovely life hath there no enterance. 1680 J. Moxon I. xiii. 233 To find how great a Dy should have Entrance at a small Hole. a1720 W. Sewel (1722) i. 19 All these Reasons found little Entrance with Priests, Magistrates, and others. 1798 R. Southey 29 The gates of Paradise unclose, Free entrance there is given. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton ii. i. 64 I have your royal word, sire, for free entrance and safe egress. 1849 G. P. R. James I. vii. 128 The man..retired a step or two to give him entrance. 1906 J. Galsworthy 190 One paid a shilling for entrance and another for the programme. 1994 J. Miller 4 The doors silently parted, allowing entrance to the private elevator area. 2016 (Nexis) 17 Mar. By the time she reached the crucial year to gain entrance to a college.., she had suddenly crumbled under the pressures of academia. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > entrance fee 1661 S. Pepys 25 June (1970) II. 126 I agreed presently to give him 20s. entrance. 1681 W. Robertson 539/2 An entrance at a school, or entrance money. 1713 No. 5131/4 Subscribers to pay One Guinea Entrance. 1797 T. Rumney Let. 26 Jan. in A. W. Rumney (1914) vii. 119 I have only been to one genteel dance this winter, and the entrance was not genteeler than 3/6. 1887 C. D. Warner (1888) xi. 253 Paying their entrance, and passing through the turnstile..they stood in the Congress Spring Park. 1915 25 Jan. 4/1 They have two performances a day, at 4 and 7, and the men come in batches..and pay 1/2f. entrance. 1999 (Nexis) 20 May 2 Entrance includes a free glass of wine for adults, or soft drink for children. 2015 (Nexis) 30 July What if, instead of selling off great works of art, councils charged for admission?.. People would pay the entrance. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > forward edge > below waterline 1772 J. R. Forster tr. L.-A. de Bougainville 94 The seam of her entrance [Fr. la couture des barbes du navire] was entirely without oakum for the length of four feet and a half. 1781 Ld. Nelson 24 Aug. in (1845) I. 43 The Albemarle..has a bold entrance, and clean run. 1848 J. Macgregor xxiii. 668 The bows are full, but with a good and fine entrance. 1869 E. J. Reed v. 85 In ships which have a very fine entrance the breasthook plates are not run right forward to the stem. 1915 G. S. Baker xii. 110 A fine entrance with a little hollow in the water line gives better results at the service speed of such vessels than a full entrance with straighter lines. 1960 Jan. 30/2 As compared to a chunkier model the slim boat's entrance will be sharper. 2004 R. Harding et al. 218/2 Ships that were of excessively sharp form, with a long fine entrance and run, and whose hulls were exclusively designed for speed.., were termed extreme clippers. II. Abstract and non-physical senses. 5. 1526 W. Bonde Pref. sig. Aii After my entraunce to religion, considering to what I had bounde myselfe. 1535 Wisd. vii. 6 All men then haue one intraunce vnto life, & one goinge out in like maner. 1603 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 66 Beware of entrance into a quarrell. 1642 S. Ashe 5 Herein you may note:..Their entrance upon execution. Their bloody Intention, It was to kill Paul. 1702 I. i. 17 Before they made an entrance upon more solemn Debates. 1797 E. Burke Fourth Lett. Peace Regicide Directory in (1991) IX. 93 The very first acts, by which [this new Government] auspicated its entrance into function. 1816 C. Bethell 8 Regeneration..signifies some change of condition, or entrance into a new state. 1871 2 Jan. 56/2 Her surviving family have a well-grounded hope that her entrance into immortality will prove an entrance into happiness. 1918 J. Liljencrants i. 36 The convulsive movements which hitherto had accompanied the medium's entrance into trance ceased completely. 1983 J. D. Young p. ix With China's entrance into a new phase of relations with the West an awareness of historical encounters becomes significant and necessary. 2005 S. Marrs i. 30 Eudora had had a happy childhood and adolescence and a happy entrance into adulthood. society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] 1559 Abp. N. Heath Oration in J. Strype (1709) App. vi. 8 Paul the IVth of that Name..ever since his first Entraunce into Peter's Chayre. 1639 J. Woodall (rev. ed.) Ep. Salut. 3 In the yere of the great Plague at the first entrance of King James of blessed memorie. 1647 N. Bacon xvi. 49 Kings furthermore bound themselves (at their entrance into the Throne) hereunto by an oath. 1709 J. Strype xiii. 175 Not long from the beginning of the Queen's entrance upon her government. 1774 J. Burgh II. v. 121 A new administration may,..at their first entrance into power,..introduce or promote, some bill, that has a specious appearance of being in favour of liberty. 1817 W. Bates (ed. 2) p. x In the number of Methodist preachers, there will be those..whose entrance upon the ministry is itself a new item in the catalogue of their offences. 1859 9 May 4/2 Sir. C. Trevelyan..has signalled his entrance into office by appointing a native officer as aide-de-camp. 1906 M. Minturn tr. M. Jaurès p. vi The situation reached its climax in 1899 with the entrance of the Reformist Millerand into the Waldeck–Rousseau coalition cabinet. 1980 J. E. Adams (1986) i. 12 Entrance into marriage should mean the desire to meet each other's need for companionship. 2011 V. Mrachkov i. vii. 163 These grounds may be applied not only on entrance into office as a civil servant under the Civil Servant Law, but also on entrance into another civil service. society > education > teaching > [noun] > elementary teaching or initiation 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia iii. vi. f. 122 The father..so muche desired, his [sc. his son's] enteraunce in learning. 1582 R. Mulcaster x. 49 The sixt and last prouf of perfitnesse in this elementarie was, bycause the entrance of language, and the iudgement thereof, which is wrought by grammer, is the conclusion and height thereof. 1612 J. Brinsley viii. 107 To attaine to make a more easie entrance, to that purity of the Latine tongue. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 100 He that trauaileth into a Country, before he hath some Entrance into the Language, goeth to Schoole, and not to Trauaile. 1721 J. Clarke Pref. p. viii From his first Entrance in the Latin Tongue. 1799 H. More I. vii. 155 The multiplied helps which facilitate the entrance into learning. 1800 J. Reeves 10 The learner..thereby finds a smoother entrance into the language. 1951 M. Monroe ix. 224 Most of the children are..ready for the transition levels of the pre-reading program to give them a happy and successful entrance into reading. 1989 C. M. Bové tr. L. Irigaray in N. Tuana 67 Freud says nothing about the little girl's entrance into language. 2002 K. Oliver (rev. ed.) Introd. p. xxi Kristeva relies on both Lacan's account of the infant's entrance into language and Saussure's account of the play of signifiers. 6. 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus i. f. 38 (margin) To haue made a good begynnyng or entreaunce, is not a lytle but a lytle more, or a degree ferther then a lytle. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus II. Phil. i. f. iiv Euer synce the fyrst entraunce of your profession, euen vnto this daye. 1621 M. Wroth 545 This is scarce the enterance: what will be the successe? 1658 tr. J. Ussher 1 Upon the entrance of the night. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie i. ii. vii. 32 At the Entrance of the Spring. 1710 M. Henry sig. Aa2v/1 We must not only set ourselves to meditate on God's Word Morning and Evening, at the entrance of the Day and the Night. 1747 I. 395 In the very entrance of the succeeding year 1618, viz. on the fourth of January, Sir Francis Bacon had the title given him of Lord High Chancellor of England. 1818 28 The wood-lark, one of our earliest and sweetest songsters, often renews his note at the very entrance of the month [i.e. February]. 1838 3 Jan. 206/2 We cannot but offer our congratulations to our friends on the entrance of a New Year under so pleasant circumstances. 1925 N. Gale 80 She begs of God with heart and mind That at the entrance of the day Her toilworn hands shall fail to find A stone too big to roll away. 2014 (Nexis) 19 July a7 The service usually..ended at midnight with the entrance of the new year. the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] 1553 T. Wilson ii. f. 58v After the preface and first Enteraunce, the matter must bee opened. a1555 H. Latimer (1562) ii. f. 1v The entrance is this; Cum oratis dicite Pater noster qui es in cœlis. 1578 J. Stockwood 4 I wil use no fore-speech or entraunce garnished and set out with some Rhetoricall florishe, to winne at your hands. 1638 W. Chillingworth i. iv. §43. 212 Adde to this place, the entrance to his History. 1699 J. Potter II. iii. xi. 110 As we learn from the very Entrance of the first Iliad, where he thus speaks of Achilles's Anger. 1733 W. Berriman II. App. 346 In the Entrance of his Gospel he teaches us, that that same Word..did in time take upon him human Flesh. 1765 W. Blackstone I. 219 This was observed in the entrance of the last chapter. ?1826 T. Williams II. Introd. Hosea 596 Let us here briefly consider a question which will necessarily meet us in the very entrance of the book. the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > on entering 1692 W. Temple i. 79 I would leave him there after the first Entrances were past. society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > action of recording in writing 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis sig. D8 The enterance of these parcels. 1620 J. Wilkinson (new ed.) 190 The bailife..delivers to the Sherife a copie of the entrance of the court when the cause was removed thus. 1652 25 An entrance to bee made in the Companie's Register-book. 1800 G. Hardinge vi. 98 The following is a copy of the entrance verbally and literally accurate. ?1857 E. C. Gaskell ?Aug. (1966) 462 The contradiction..involved in the 3£ entrance..on the one page, and the 1£ entrance for clothes on the next. 1955 L. Kirschbaum iv. 192 The undated entry to Snodham was not followed by an entrance in the Register proper. 2015 (Nexis) 7 July He commented he was having a tough time getting back to ‘normality’—the last diary entrance to make reference to his personal life. Phrases to make an entrance. 1862 July 244 The ‘first appearance’ will become accustomed to..the way to make an entrance or exit, how to stand, [etc.]. 1893 Sept. 683/2 The old fashioned stage manager..is of necessity an actor of versatility himself. He can make an entrance, or assume an attitude,..or portray an emotion exactly as it should be done. 1967 Jan. 19/2 God is standing in the wings of the world's stage, almost ready to make an entrance. 1983 7 Jan. c3/1 Sometimes, with a moment to spare before she makes an entrance, she clutches her arms with what the cast and crew know as a gesture of nervousness. 2009 H. Henson 184 I've never known a moment's fear when I'm waiting in the wings to make an entrance. It's real life that gives me stage fright. 1931 13 Mar. 4/3 They do not walk into a room, they make an entrance. 1933 18 Jan. 6/2 The last to take a seat was Angelica de Milo. Bound to make an entrance, reflected Martin... Majestically she made her way down the aisle. 1986 (Nexis) 25 Feb. c5 Wear whatever you own that's expensive or arresting, and try hard to make an entrance. 2015 S. Carr ii. 34 She spotted Jason striding toward the bonfire. Now that was a man who knew how to make an entrance. Compounds C1. 1670 S. Wilson (new ed.) i. 130 The stately entrance gate. a1782 J. Wood (1788) 34 A is the entrance porch, C the pantry. 1789 19-21 Mar. 1/3 A country house to lett... Consisting of a neat hall or entrance room, a handsome drawing-room, [etc.]. 1805 29 July 1/3 (advt.) The principal story has a handsome entrance lobby..communicating by French doors. 1815 M. Birkbeck (ed. 3) 64 A log of fir..separates the fire and the entrance hole (for there is no door). 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. i. iii. 33 You enter..by a small entrance passage (called vestibulum) into a hall. 1937 26 July 95/2 (advt.) Conveniently located entrance ramps will feed traffic from Local Streets into Express Streets. 1980 J. Thomson viii. 104 The school hall opened off the entrance foyer. 1998 S. Butala ii. 28 The wide entrance area is also the cloakroom. 2012 17 Aug. 19/4 Ralph Beyer..would later design the lettering at the entrance porch of the Bow Common church. b. a1766 I. Ware (1767) x. ii. 725 (table) Deduct entrance-door. a1817 J. Austen (1818) IV. viii. 149 As she ceased, the entrance door opened again. View more context for this quotation 1914 24 Oct. 949/1 The entrance doors are opened and closed by the conductor. 2005 May 46/1 The parliament hinge has what are in effect extended leaves..as often seen on the entrance doors to public buildings. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > entrance-hall or vestibule 1677 in M. M. Verney (1930) I. iv. 55 Is there an Entrance Hall?—No, but a wide passage that serves the purpose. 1770 9 Aug. A Large Freehold Dwelling-House.., which consists of two parlours, a study, an entrance hall, [etc.]. 1841 J. W. Orderson xi. 111 He found his master seated in the entrance-hall. 1970 25 Oct. 87 The neo-Gothic entrance hall is furnished with Victorian chairs and bench. 2009 (Nexis) 24 Oct. 29 The apartment itself has a wide entrance hall with illuminated light switches. 1875 Rep. Comm. Finance Expenditures New Capitol Commissioners in VII. No. 95. 358 I will lay this plan of the ground floor before you; are nearly all the entrance hallways..left unbuilt? 1931 (U.S. ed.) Dec. 209/1 The entrance hallway is half-sheathed and half-papered in a blue-green color. 2011 K. Holohan 298 Finbar and Scully crept carefully into the entrance hallway of the monastery. 1798 21 May An elegant Residence, having a noble entrance Lodge. 1881 M. E. Braddon I. 290 Nobody ever saw a man at an entrance lodge. 1914 Apr. 135/1 English country estates..may possess not one, but many gateways, each guarded by an entrance lodge. 2007 35 7 Plans for an entrance lodge and curator's house had been approved. 1796 G. Cumberland 11 Descending by a left-hand entrance-road, among a grove of oaks, you wind under the knoll. 1832 D. Brewster iii. 45 Driving up the entrance road to the house. 1920 (Amer. Automobile Assoc.) 48 Washington is cooperating by issuance of bonds to pave the entrance roads to Mount Rainier Park. 2005 M. Herreros xlvii. 115 Continue on the entrance road until you come to a three-way crossroads. 1800 W. Dimond 161 Tall weeds and nettles choak the entrance-way. 1883 H. H. Kane in Nov. 945/1 The entranceway looked dirty. 1916 18 Jan. 66/2 The toilets, boiler and engine rooms, basement, sub-basement and entranceways are ventilated. 2014 Mar. 30 A discreet entranceway through an alley leads to a remarkably large room, filled with booths great for group dining. C2. 1803 4th Rep. Comm. Coasts &c. of Scotl. App. 94 in (H.C. 118) IV. 129 The Chart which I have made will shew the particulars of the Entrance Channel, the Bay, the Soundings, Shores, Town, and Harbour. 1955 F. L. Friedman & V. F. Weisskopf in W. Pauli 148 In the optical model, compound nucleus formation and absorption..represent the removal of the particle from the entrance channel. 2008 July 36/2 Because the midharbour entrance channel is busy and narrow, Transport Canada developed a unique traffic scheme that separates recreational and commercial vessels. 2013 (Royal Soc.) A. 371 (Article ID 20120335) 9 A barrier submerged below the energy of the entrance channel leads to the product. 1859 E. Winstanley vi. 60 She stood waiting for her entrance cue. 1901 C. Morris (1902) ix. 59 The canary breeches were always there, ready to..break a buckle just at the moment of my entrance-cue. 1936 July 80/1 Along by Helmken Island the current runs over 6 knots, and right there the Salmon River has its entrance cue. 2001 94 139 The nurse's passage begins the second act of the play and functions as an entrance cue. society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > school examinations 1857 (ed. 3) p. xix (table) Monday... Exam. for Exhib. Suppl. Exam. (Mid. and Jun. Class), and Entrance Exam. (Engin. School). 1908 M. Moore Let. 5 Apr. in (1997) 45 Mabel O'Sullivan..is..tutoring in Shakespeare, and punctuation and French and Latin and Greek, for entrance exams. 2002 29 Jan. 27/4 She took the Oxford entrance exam, passing into Lady Margaret Hall. society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > school examinations 1819 19 July We are authorised to amend the statement made in our paper of the 8th instant, relative to the late entrance examinations in Dublin College. 1953 E. Smith 7 Those who gained high enough positions in the annual entrance examinations received..special military training. 2004 (Univ. of London) Spring 17/1 Sarah passed the entrance examination for the local High School. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > entrance fee 1660 A. Brett 7 Is this the entrance-fee that Charles must pay? 1790 4 Jan. An Entrance-Fee of 10s. 6d. on each Subscription must be paid. 1856 J. A. Froude (1858) I. i. 52 The children of those who could afford the small entrance fees were apprenticed to trades. 1914 30 May 742/3 (advt.) The Middlesex Gun Club Competition... entrance fee—7s. 6d. 2008 20 Feb. 29/1 Another milkable area is the blockbuster exhibition, for which a hefty entrance fee can be charged, with spin-off sales of catalogues and souvenirs. 1849 24 Mar. 7/5 All persons entering [the society]..shall produce a register certificate of age..which shall be copied on the book of the entrance form. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse xxviii. 293 I tooled straight round to the Temple of the New Dawn and asked for an entrance form. 2013 29 Sept. e5/1 [Parade] organizers are encouraging anyone interested in participating to submit an entrance form as soon as possible. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > entrance fee 1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. vi. i. 511/1 He that taketh the Office on him, as Collector or Receiuer for the entraunce Money of the Temple, hath a seperate office. 1681 W. Robertson (1693) 539 Entrance money, which Schollars paid to the Master at their first coming to school. 1834 F. Marryat I. v. 56 And, as for entrance money, why I think I must not charge you more than a couple of guineas. 2015 63 203/1 When the exhibition closed David donated all the entrance money he had raised to the poor of the city. 1888 R. S. Heath viii. 152 The field of view is therefore bounded by the cone of rays proceeding from the centre of the entrance-pupil and filling the object-glass. 1933 45 332 When an artificial pupil is employed, it and not the natural pupil should, of course, be treated as the entrance pupil. 2018 F. L. Pedrotti et al. (ed. 3) iii. 59 Only nearly paraxial rays get through the entrance pupil. 1862 23 Dec. The Entrance Scholarship Examinations in Queen's College, Belfast. 1941 M. Tylecote iii. 116 The fund has mainly been used for the provision of entrance scholarships. 2016 (Nexis) 5 May He..won an entrance scholarship which paid for his uniform and stationery when he went to Mangere College in 2014. 1855 P. Murray in i. App. 93 There are persons..who are utterly and naturally deficient in literary taste. It would be hard to establish an entrance test for them. 1905 Mar. 345/2 To be able to pass the entrance test is but a small part of the preparation needed for advanced work. 2004 L. Curry 106 Homeschoolers seem to do better on the literary areas of college entrance tests. 1779 E. Wolff at Indgangs-seddel An entrance-ticket. 1837 12 Jan. In the centre of the Court stood a small table for the short-hand writers, to whom only four entrance tickets were granted by the President. 1987 C. Storr (1989) ii. 7 The vouchers..allowed them to get cheaper entrance tickets for some of the famous sights. 1999 5 (advt.) Each person must have an exhibition entrance ticket for each attending day. 2017 (Nexis) 17 Mar. 10 Entrance tickets will be available to purchase online. the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > gunshot wound 1852 2 Apr. 8/3 The exit wound was three or four inches lower than [printed that] the entrance wound. 1986 ‘M. Hebden’ ix. 77 There are two entrance wounds. One exit wound. There's a bullet still inside his head. 2017 (Nexis) 3 Aug. The pathologist found that there were five entrance wounds, two complete exit wounds and one partial exit wound on Hayward's body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). entrancev.  Brit.  /ᵻnˈtrɑːns/, /ɛnˈtrɑːns/, /ᵻnˈtrans/, /ɛnˈtrans/, U.S. /ᵻnˈtræns/, /ɛnˈtræns/Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: en- prefix1, trance n.1 Etymology: < en- prefix1 + trance n.1With the β. forms compare in- prefix1. 1. the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stupefy 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau f. 73v It is moste certaine that it is of a maruellous vertue to caste men on sleepe, and so to entraunce [Fr. d'enseuelir] suche as are to be opened or cut in any member. 1609 W. Shakespeare xii. 91 She hath not been entranc'st aboue fiue howers. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison No. 303. ¶4 The nine Days Astonishment, in which the Angels lay entranced..is a noble Circumstance. 1843 Feb. 279 A person whom a mesmerizer had been essaying ineffectually to entrance. 1846 July 285 I entranced the man in a few minutes, and performed the operation without disturbing him. 1904 J. Garnier viii. 168 Mesmerism is..often used to entrance the spiritualistic medium. 1989 A. W. Scheflin & J. L. Shapiro vi. 136 Milton Erickson, fabled for being able to entrance so many resistant clients. 2006 E. G. Wilson v. 131 Du Maurier..tells of how Svengali, a male hypnotist, entrances Trilby. 1593 T. Nashe f. 57v Atheisme..is when a man is so..entranced from himselfe, with Wealth, Ambition, and Vaine-glory, that he forgets he had a Maker. 1593 T. Nashe f. 86 That reuerend Pastor, (entranced to hell in his thoughts for the distresse of his people). ?1679 C. Jelinger Ep. Ded. sig. A2v You may, being elevated to the Horizon of future Felicity, and entranced into Heaven, there reign also. 1877 M. Oliphant (ed. 2) i. 17 The Vita Nuova that entrances the young poet into its charmed circle. the mind > emotion > passion > affect with passion or strong emotion [verb (transitive)] > overwhelm with strong emotion 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in 66 Fond Bragart..Intrance thy selfe in thy sweet extasie. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 42 in J. Ware (1633) I was..intranced, and carried so farre from my selfe. 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa in (1717) 16 So stand the Sea-men..Entraunch'd with what this man of God recited. 1652 R. Brathwait (rev. ed.) 453 Would yee make Affection flye From your love-attractive eye, To intrance the Standers by? 1747 D. Mallet (new ed.) 55 Entranc'd in wonder at the rising scene. 1771 H. Mackenzie xxxv. 196 He was too much intranced in thought to observe her at all. 1859 21 Jan. Her features—a type of the Grecian—are such as entrance and delight. 1868 A. Helps I. vii. 196 Throughout that night, Realmah sat entranced in thought. 1930 11 Feb. 12/5 Miss Dare does not sing those songs that so entranced the London of some years ago. 1991 J. Longenbach ix. 128 The tales of the lost world of Florida's cattlemen entranced him. 2006 Nov. 104/2 Yorkshire-born Hockney was entranced by LA in the mid-60s, with its relaxed attitude to homosexuality, perpetual sunshine and lush landscapes. Derivatives the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective] > affected with passion or strong emotion > overwhelmed by strong emotion the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > physically stupefied 1594 T. Nashe sig. G4 From this his intranced mistaking extasie could no man remoue him. 1667 J. Milton i. 301 He stood and call'd His Legions, Angel Forms, who lay intrans't . View more context for this quotation 1674 N. Cox iii. 204 If you would restore any of these entranced Fowl to their former health. 1771 J. Beattie xxxv. 18 Sleep A vision brought to his intranced sight. 1845 D. Kelly 108 He held the immense meeting in entranced attention. 1918 15 June 16/2 An honorable member..reported to an entranced House of Commons how, at a meeting of shareholders, one attempted to throw a bombshell at the board. 2016 100 498 Ceremonies allow their spiritual beings, the Mlouk, to come into the human community in the entranced bodies of their devotees. the mind > emotion > passion > [adverb] > overwhelmed with strong emotion 1594 T. Nashe Ep. Ded. sig. Aij Manie feruent vowes and protestations of obseruance, your bountifull gracious deserts toweards mee, haue entrancedly extracted. 1836 20 Aug. 478/2 A pure love-hymn breathing its sighing soul entrancedly. 1919 18 June 478/1 A chum..was smiling entrancedly, as a child smiles at the croon of a conch-shell. 2001 26 64 This stranger..is gazing entrancedly at another. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.?c1525 v.1569 |