entrance

entrance is a 8-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.
3. noun. The passage, door, or gate, for entering.
4. noun. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.
5. noun. 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.
6. noun. The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
7. noun. The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
8. transitive verb. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.
9. transitive verb. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.
10. noun. the act of entering

    "she made a grand entrance"

    Synonyms: entering, entry, incoming, ingress

11. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: entranceway, entree, entry, entryway

12. noun. a movement into or inward

    Synonyms: entering

13. verb. put into a trance

    Synonyms: spellbind

14. verb. attract; cause to be enamored

    "She captured all the men's hearts"

    Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance

Synonyms

entering, entry, incoming, ingress, entranceway, entree, entryway, spellbind, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in entrance:

centenar

Common word forms

entranced, entrancer, entrances, entrancing, entrancement

Words from these letters

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