opening
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.pənɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.pənɪŋ/
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VerbEdit
opening
Derived termsEdit
- eye-opening (adjective)
NounEdit
opening (plural openings)
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.
- He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.
- Something that is open.
- A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.
- He slipped through an opening in the crowd.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.
- Their opening of the concert with Brass in Pocket always fires up the crowd.
- Something that is a beginning.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.
- The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- (chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.
- John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying endgames.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?
- A time available in a schedule.
- If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.
- The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- We have an opening in our marketing department.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC[1]:
- The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
SynonymsEdit
- (something that is open): hole, gap, crevice; see also Thesaurus:hole or Thesaurus:interspace
- (available time): availability, slot
- (unoccupied employment position): job opening
Coordinate termsEdit
- (opening of an art show): vernissage
DescendantsEdit
- → Japanese: オープニング (ōpuningu)
TranslationsEdit
act or instance of making or becoming open
something that is open
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act or instance of beginning
beginning
first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
first few bars of a musical composition
first few moves in a game of chess
vacant position, in an array
unoccupied employment position
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opportunity
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AdjectiveEdit
opening (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
- The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is, perhaps, the most recognizable in all of European art music.
- The opening act of the battle for Fort Sumter was the firing of a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, by Lt. Henry S. Farley, who acted upon the command of Capt. George S. James, which round exploded over Fort Sumter as a signal to open the general bombardment from 43 guns and mortars at Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, the floating battery, and Cummings Point.
- (cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
ReferencesEdit
- “opening”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “opening” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “opening” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
opening f (plural openingen, diminutive openinkje n)
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
opening m (plural openings)