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 ~.
▪ mark
▪
The little porch marked the ~ to a churchyard.
▪ have
▪
The building has only one ~.
▪ block
▪
She stood firm, blocking the ~.
▪ guard
ENTRANCE + NOUN
▪ area , foyer , hall ( esp. BrE ), hallway ( esp. AmE ), lobby
▪ door , doorway , gate , porch
▪ passage , way
▪ ramp
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ~ , by a/the ~
▪
The band left by the rear ~ to escape photographers.
▪ in the ~
▪
She stood in the ~ to the ward.
▪ through the ~
▪
Go through the main ~ into the yard.
▪ ~ from
▪
There is a back ~ from West Street.
▪ ~ to
▪
He was waiting at the ~ to the cave.
2 act of coming in
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , dramatic , grand
VERB + ENTRANCE
▪ make
▪
She made a grand ~ once all the guests were assembled.
▪ gain
▪
Some of the protesters tried to gain ~ to the meeting.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ into
▪
her ~ into politics
3 right to enter a place
VERB + ENTRANCE
▪ gain
▪
students hoping to gain ~ to college
▪ deny sb
ENTRANCE + NOUN
▪ charge , fee
▪ ticket
▪
an ~ ticket to the zoo
▪ requirements
▪ exam , examination