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Collocations for entrance - 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.

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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.
guard

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entrance + NOUN

area, foyer, hall (esp. BrE), hallway (esp. AmE), lobby
door, doorway, gate, porch
passage, way
ramp

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PREPOSITION

at the entrance, by a/the entrance
The band left by the rear entrance to escape photographers.
in the entrance
She stood in the entrance to the ward.
through the entrance
Go through the main entrance into the yard.
entrance from
There is a back entrance from West Street.
entrance to
He was waiting at the entrance to the cave.

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2. act of coming in

ADJECTIVE

big, dramatic, grand

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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.

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PREPOSITION

entrance into
her entrance into politics

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3. right to enter a place

VERB + entrance

gain
students hoping to gain entrance to college
deny sb

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entrance + NOUN

charge, fee
ticket
an entrance ticket to the zoo
requirements
exam, examination

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