[polyphone] entrance

entranced

adjective     /ɪnˈtrɑːntst/   /-ˈtræntst/ literary

› If you are entranced by someone or something, you cannotstop watching them because they are very interesting or very beautifulThe children sat silent on the carpet, entranced by the puppet show.

entrance

verb [T]     /ɪnˈtrɑːnts/   /-ˈtrænts/ literary

       

› Someone or something that entrances you is so beautifulor interesting that you cannot stop listening to or watchingthemHe has entranced millions of people with his beautifully illustratedbooks. 

entrancing     /ɪnˈtrɑːnt.sɪŋ/   /-ˈtrænt-/ adjective

›entrancing views 

entrance

noun     /ˈen.trənts/       

› [C] a door, gate, etc. by which you can enter a building orplaceThere are two entrances - one at the front and one round the back.

› [C usually singular] when an actor or dancer comes onto astageHe makes a spectacular entrance in act two draped in a gold sheet.

› [C usually singular] the act of a person coming into a roomin an ordinary situation, although often because there is something noticeable about itI noticed her entrance because she slipped and fell in the doorway.

› [U] the right to enter a placeThe management reserve the right to refuse entrance.