Meaning

9 senses
  1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

    bathroom door, bedroom door, doorkey, exterior door, interior door

    I knocked on the vice president's door.

    Tür, Türen, Türe

    дверьdverʹ, две́риdvéri

    две́ріdvéri

  2. (in the plural, metonymically)A building with a door, especially a house.

    His house is three doors down.

    He went five doors up the road to the bank.

    a room that is entered via a door

  3. Any flap, etc., that opens like a door.

    cupboard door

    the 24 doors in an Advent calendar

  4. An entry point.

  5. (figuratively)A means of approach or access.

    Learning is the door to wisdom.

    anything providing a means of access (or escape)

  6. (figuratively)A possibility.

    to leave the door open

    all doors are open to somebody

  7. (figuratively)A barrier.

    Keep a door on your anger.

  8. (dated)A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.

  9. The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.

    The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in.

Examples

8008 sentences
  1. Close the door when you leave.

    Зачини двері, коли будеш іти.

    ruЗакрой дверь, когда будешь уходить.

    deSchließ beim Hinausgehen die Türe.

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  2. They forgot to lock the door.

    Вони забули замкнути двері.

    ruОни забыли запереть дверь.

    deSie haben vergessen, die Tür abzuschließen.

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  3. I shut the door behind me.

    Я зачинив за собою дверi.

    ruЯ закрыл за собой дверь.

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  4. Would you please open the door?

    Не могли би ви відкрити двері?

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  5. Do you mind opening the door?

    Ти не міг би відчинити двері?

    ruТы не будешь против, если открою дверь?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
portal of entry into a building, room or vehicle:
Русский
By meaning 1
portal of entry into a building, room or vehicle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
portal of entry into a building, room or vehicle:

Origin

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-We

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).

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Forms

plural: doors
Singulardoor
Pluraldoors

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close:doorwayroom accessthreshold

Word family

152 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • open the door
  • lock the door
  • the door open
  • close the door
  • door open
  • the front door
  • at the door
  • on the door
  • shut the door
  • the door and
  • front door
  • lives next door

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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