entrance: translation
noun
1 door/place through which you enter sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ narrow, wide
▪ main
▪ back, front, rear, side
▪ separate
▪ north, west, etc.
▪ secret
▪ service (AmE), tradesman's (esp. BrE)
▪ cave, church, harbour/harbor, school, subway (AmE), tunnel, etc.
VERB + ENTRANCE
▪ use
▪ While the front door is being repaired, please use the side entrance.
▪ mark
▪ The little porch marked the entrance to a churchyard.
▪ have
▪ The building has only one entrance.
▪ block
▪ She stood firm, blocking the entrance.
▪ guard
ENTRANCE + NOUN
▪ area, foyer, hall (esp.BrE), hallway (esp. AmE), lobby
▪ door, doorway, gate, porch
▪ passage, way
▪ ramp
PREPOSITION
▪ at the entrance, by a/the entrance
▪ The band left by the rear entrance to escape photographers.
▪ in the entrance
▪ She stood in the entrance to the ward.
▪ through the entrance
▪ Go through the main entrance into the yard.
▪ entrance from
▪ There is a back entrance from West Street.
▪ entrance to
▪ He was waiting at the entrance to the cave.
2 act of coming in
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, dramatic, grand
VERB + ENTRANCE
▪ make
▪ She made a grand entrance once all the guests were assembled.
▪ gain
▪ Some of the protesters tried to gain entrance to the meeting.
PREPOSITION
▪ entrance into
▪ her entrance into politics
3 right to enter a place
VERB + ENTRANCE
▪ gain
▪ students hoping to gain entrance to college
▪ deny sb
ENTRANCE + NOUN
▪ charge, fee
▪ ticket
▪ an entrance ticket to the zoo
▪ requirements
▪ exam, examination