n. The act of entering, as a place, an occupation, a period of time, etc.; a going or coming into; hence, accession; the act of entering into possession: with into or upon: as, the entrance of a person into a room; the entrance of an army; one's entrance upon study, into business, into or upon the affairs of life, or upon his twentieth year; the entrance of a man into office, or upon the duties of his office; the entrance of an heir into his estate.n. The power or liberty of entering; admission.n. Means or place of access; an opening for admission; an inlet: as, the entrance to a house or a harbor.n. An entering upon or into a course, a subject, or the like; beginning; initiation; introduction.n. A report by the master of a vessel, first in person and afterward in writing, of its arrival at port to the chief officer of customs residing there, in the manner prescribed by law.n. The bow of a vessel, or form of the forebody, under the load water-line: opposed to run.To put into a trance; withdraw consciousness or sensibility from; make insensible to present objects.To put into an ecstasy; ravish with delight or wonder; enrapture.n. In phonetics, the initial movement in producing a sound; the ‘attack’ or on-glide.n. In music of a concerted sort, the point at which or the effect with which any one of the parts begins, especially when not at the beginning of a piece or passage.