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make an entrance — enter with style, enter with a flourish When the duchess attends an event she likes to make an entrance … English idioms
Make an entrance — In his essay on Otis Skinner (reprinted in Moses and Brown 1934, 300 305), critic John Mason Brown comments on the difference between coming on stage and making an entrance. While anyone can move into the playing space, it was the actors of… … The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater
make an entrance — 1) to enter a room or building in a formal way or in a way that makes people notice you The prime minister made an entrance, surrounded by security men. 2) theatre to come onto the stage of a theatre to begin your performance … English dictionary
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entrance — entrance1 [en′trəns] n. [ME entraunce < OFr entrant, prp. of entrer: see ENTER] 1. the act or point of entering [to make an entrance] 2. a place for entering; door, gate, etc. 3. permission, right, or power to enter; admission entrance2 [en… … English World dictionary
Entrance (Liturgical) — In Eastern Orthodoxy, an entrance is a procession during which the clergy enter into the sanctuary through the Holy Doors. The origin of these entrances goes back to the early church, when the liturgical books and sacred vessels were kept in… … Wikipedia
entrance — I NOUN USES ♦♦♦ entrances (Pronounced [[t]e̱ntrəns[/t]] for entrance 1, and [[t]ɪntrɑ͟ːns, træ̱ns[/t]] for entrance 2.) 1) N COUNT: oft N to/into/of n The entrance to a place is the way into it, for example a door or gate. Beside the entrance to… … English dictionary
entrance — noun 1 (C) a door, gate etc that you go through to enter a place (+ to/of): the main entrance to the school opposite exit 1 2 (countable usually singular) the act of entering a place or room: Their conversation was interrupted by the entrance of… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
entrance — I UK [ˈentrəns] / US noun Word forms entrance : singular entrance plural entrances *** [countable] the place where you can enter a room, building, or area I ll meet you at the main entrance at six o clock. entrance to/of: The statue of the Little … English dictionary
entrance — en|trance1 [ entrəns ] noun *** count the place where you can enter a room, building, or area: I ll meet you at the main entrance at six o clock. entrance to/of: The statue of the Little Mermaid stands at the entrance to the harbor. a. usually… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
