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noun door/place through which you enter sth ADJ. narrow, wide | main | back, front, rear, side | cave, church, harbour, school, 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. ENTRANCE + NOUN area, foyer, hall, lobby | door, doorway, gate, porch | passage PREP. at the ~, by a/the ~ The band left by the rear entrance to escape photographers. | in the ~ She stood in the entrance to the ward. | through the ~ Go through the main entrance into the yard. | ~ from There is a back entrance from West Street. | ~ into the entrance into the car park | ~ to He was waiting at the entrance to the cave. act of coming in ADJ. 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. PREP. ~ into her entrance into politics right to enter a place VERB + ENTRANCE gain students hoping to gain entrance to university ENTRANCE + NOUN charge, fee | ticket an entrance ticket to the zoo | requirements | exam/examination
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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entrance
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + entrance
the main entrance
• She found a parking space close to the hospital's main entrance.
the front/back/rear/side entrance
• There is a long drive with steps leading to the front entrance.
a narrow entrance
• I could see part of the yard through the narrow entrance.
a wide entrance
• There was a wide entrance at the front of the building.
the hotel/hospital/museum etc entrance
• Our taxi pulled up outside the hotel entrance.
the harbour entrance
British English , the harbor entrance American English
• We watched as the ferry approached the harbour entrance.
the tunnel entrance
• At high tide, the tunnel entrance is totally submerged.
verbs
come/go/pass etc through an entrance
• People passed in single file through the narrow entrance.
use an entrance
• It's quicker to use the side entrance.
block an entrance
• A large stone blocked the entrance to the tomb.
entrance + NOUN
an entrance hall
(= a room at the entrance to a building )
• He walked through the front door into the entrance hall.
an entrance lobby/foyer
(= an area at the entrance to a large building )
• There was no sign of her in the entrance foyer.
an entrance gate/door
• Soldiers were guarding the entrance gate.
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