I. NOUN USES
(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ to a place is the way into it, for example a door or gate.
Beside the ~ to the church, turn right...
He was driven out of a side ~ with his hand covering his face...
A marble ~ hall leads to a sitting room.
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N-COUNT: oft N to/into/of n
2.
You can refer to someone’s arrival in a place as their ~, especially when you think that they are trying to be noticed and admired.
If she had noticed her father’s ~, she gave no indication.
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N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with poss
3.
When a performer makes his or her ~ on to the stage, he or she comes on to the stage.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with poss, oft N on/into n
4.
If you gain ~ to a particular place, you manage to get in there. (FORMAL)
Hewitt had gained ~ to the Hall by pretending to be a heating engineer.
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N-UNCOUNT: oft N to n
5.
If you gain ~ to a particular profession, society, or institution, you are accepted as a member of it.
Entrance to universities and senior secondary schools was restricted.
...~ exams for the French civil service.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N to/into n
6.
If you make an ~ into a particular activity or system, you succeed in becoming involved in it.
The acquisition helped BCCI make its initial ~ into the US market.
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N-SING: oft N into n
II. VERB USE
(~s, entrancing, ~d)
If something or someone ~s you, they cause you to feel delight and wonder, often so that all your attention is taken up and you cannot think about anything else.
As soon as I met Dick, he ~d me because he has a lovely voice...
= enchant
VERB: V n
~d
For the next three hours we sat ~d as the train made its way up the mountains...
He is ~d by the kindness of her smile.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, ADJ after v, ADJ n
entrancing
The light reflected off the stone, creating a golden glow he found entrancing.
ADJ