| query | If you make an e_______ into a particular activity or system, you succeed in becoming involved in it.If you make an entrance into a particular activity or system, you succeed in becoming involved in it. Charlie found his entrance into higher education completely miserable. ...his entrance into politics in 1993. |
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| word | entrance |
| full-definition | noun The entrance to a place is the way into it, for example a door or gate. Beside the entrance to the church, turn right. He was driven out of a side entrance with his hand covering his face. A marble entrance hall leads to a sitting room. You can refer to someone's arrival in a place as their entrance, especially when you think that they are trying to be noticed and admired . If she had noticed her father's entrance, she gave no indication. When a performer makes his or her entrance on to the stage, he or she comes on to the stage. He made his entrance into the parade ring. If you gain entrance to a particular place, you manage to get in there. Hewitt had gained entrance to the Hall by pretending to be a heating engineer. If you gain entrance to a particular profession, society, or institution, you are accepted as a member of it. Entrance to universities and senior secondary schools was restricted. ...entrance exams for the French civil service. If you make an entrance into a particular activity or system, you succeed in becoming involved in it. Charlie found his entrance into higher education completely miserable. ...his entrance into politics in 1993. |
| inflections | entrances |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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