re-entrance

See also: reentrance and reëntrance

English

Noun

re-entrance (countable and uncountable, plural re-entrances)

1. Alternative form of reentrance.
   • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 243:

     She was privy, one evening, to the hopes of her aunt Norris on this subject, as well as to her feelings, and the feelings of Mrs. Rushworth, on a point of some similarity, and could not help wondering as she listened; and glad would she have been not to be obliged to listen, for it was while all the other young people were dancing, and she sitting, most unwillingly, among the chaperons at the fire, longing for the re-entrance of her elder cousin, on whom all her own hopes of a partner then depended.

   • 1976 August 4–10, Punch, page 192:

     So far he has shown unprecedented grasp of arm gestures when conducting applause, and his timing of exits and re-entrances for encores is unparalleled in the animal kingdom.

   • 2023 April 3, Jeff Weiss, “‘I don’t believe in anything but art’”, in Los Angeles Times, page E6:

     Re-entrance to the outside world came suddenly. For the last couple of years, the former resident of Watts’ Jordan Downs projects had retained a parole lawyer to petition for his early release. But until his mother broke the news to him during a mid-January phone call, he had no clue about his impending freedom.