- entrance
- noun1 door/place through which you enter sthADJECTIVE▪ 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.
▪ guardENTRANCE + NOUN▪ area, foyer, hall (esp. BrE), hallway (esp. AmE), lobby▪ door, doorway, gate, porch▪ passage, way▪ rampPREPOSITION▪ 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 inADJECTIVE▪ big, dramatic, grandVERB + 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 placeVERB + ENTRANCE▪ gain▪students hoping to gain entrance to college
▪ deny sbENTRANCE + NOUN▪ charge, fee▪ ticket▪an entrance ticket to the zoo
▪ requirements▪ exam, examination
Collocations dictionary. 2013.