1. Something that provides access (to get in or get out)
   "His connections provided him an entrée into the exclusive club";
   - entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry
    
2. The right to enter
   "The VIP pass provided entrée to all areas of the event";
   - access, accession, admission, admittance
    
3. The principal dish of a meal
   "The entrée was a perfectly cooked steak";
   - main course
    
4. An entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage
   "she made a graceful entrée into the ballroom"
    
5. [Brit] Course served between the first and main course of a meal; a starter
   "The waiter brought out a delicious prawn cocktail as an entrée"

Derived forms: entrées

Type of: access, approach, course, entrance, entry, incoming, ingress, right

Encyclopedia: Entrée