2 VERB [usu passive] If the title of something such as a book, film, or painting is, for example, 'Sunrise', you can say that it is entitled 'Sunrise'. □ Chomsky's review is entitled 'Psychology and Ideology'. □ [V -ed quote] …a performance entitled 'United States'.
en|ti|tle|ment / I nta I t ə lmənt/ (entitlements ) N‑VAR An entitlement to something is the right to have it or do it. [FORMAL ] □ [+ to ] They lose their entitlement to benefit when they start work.
en|tity /e nt I ti/ (entities ) N‑COUNT An entity is something that exists separately from other things and has a clear identity of its own. [FORMAL ] □ …the earth as a living entity.
en|tomb / I ntuː m/ (entombs , entombing , entombed )
1 VERB If something is entombed , it is buried or permanently trapped by something. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed + in ] The city was entombed in volcanic lava. □ [V n] The Tel, an artificial mountain, entombs Jericho's ancient past. [Also V n + in ]
2 VERB [usu passive] When a person's dead body is entombed , it is buried in a grave or put into a tomb. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed] Neither of them had any idea how long the body had been entombed.
ento|mol|ogy /e ntəmɒ lədʒi/ N‑UNCOUNT Entomology is the study of insects. ● ento|molo|gist /e ntəmɒ lədʒ I st/ (entomologists ) N‑COUNT □ …a research entomologist.
en|tou|rage /ɒ ntʊrɑː ʒ/ (entourages ) N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] A famous or important person's entourage is the group of assistants, servants, or other people who travel with them.
en|trails /e ntre I lz/ N‑PLURAL The entrails of people or animals are their inside parts, especially their intestines.
entrance
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➋ VERB USE
➊ en|trance ◆◇◇ /e ntrəns/ (entrances )
1 N‑COUNT The entrance to a place is the way into it, for example a door or gate. □ [+ to/into/of ] 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.
2 N‑COUNT [usu sing, usu with poss] 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.
3 N‑COUNT [usu sing, usu with poss] When a performer makes his or her entrance on to the stage, he or she comes on to the stage.
4 N‑UNCOUNT If you gain entrance to a particular place, you manage to get in there. [FORMAL ] □ [+ to ] Hewitt had gained entrance to the Hall by pretending to be a heating engineer.
5 N‑UNCOUNT If you gain entrance to a particular profession, society, or institution, you are accepted as a member of it. □ [+ to/into ] Entrance to universities and senior secondary schools was restricted. □ …entrance exams for the French civil service.
6 N‑SING If you make an entrance into a particular activity or system, you succeed in becoming involved in it. □ [+ into ] Charlie found his entrance into higher education completely miserable.
➋ en|trance / I ntrɑː ns, -træ ns/ (entrances , entrancing , entranced ) VERB If something or someone entrances you, they cause you to feel delight and wonder, often so that all your attention is taken up and you cannot think about anything else. □ [V n] As soon as I met Dick, he entranced me because he has a lovely voice. ● en|tranced ADJ [v-link ADJ , ADJ after v, ADJ n] □ For the next three hours we sat entranced as the train made its way up the mountains. □ [+ by ] He is entranced by the kindness of her smile. ● en|tranc|ing ADJ □ The light reflected off the stone, creating a golden glow he found entrancing. SYNONYMS entrance NOUN ➊2
entry: He made his triumphal entry into Mexico City.
arrivaclass="underline" He was dead on arrival at the nearby hospital.
appearance: …last Christmas, when there'd been the welcome appearance of Cousin Fred.
e n|trance fee (entrance fees ) N‑COUNT An entrance fee is a sum of money which you pay before you go into somewhere such as a cinema or museum, or which you have to pay in order to join an organization or institution.
e n|trance hall (entrance halls ) N‑COUNT The entrance hall of a large house, hotel, or other large building, is the area just inside the main door.
en|trant /e ntrənt/ (entrants )
1 N‑COUNT An entrant is a person who has recently become a member of an institution such as a university. □ …a young school entrant.
2 N‑COUNT An entrant is a person who is taking part in a competition. □ All items entered for the competition must be the entrant's own work.
en|trap / I ntræ p/ (entraps , entrapping , entrapped ) VERB If you entrap someone, you trick or deceive them and make them believe or do something wrong. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The police have been given extra powers to entrap drug traffickers. □ [V n + into ] He saw education as a lie put about to entrap him into a lifetime of paying taxes.
en|trap|ment / I ntræ pmənt/ N‑UNCOUNT Entrapment is the practice of arresting someone by using unfair or illegal methods. [LEGAL ] □ …allegations of police entrapment.
en|treat / I ntriː t/ (entreats , entreating , entreated ) VERB If you entreat someone to do something, you ask them very politely and seriously to do it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n to-inf] Trevor entreated them to delay their departure. □ [V with quote] 'Call me Earl!' he entreated. □ [V that] I earnestly entreat that we don't get caught out again. [Also V n, V n with quote]