opening
IPA: ˈoʊpʌnɪŋ
noun
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- Something that is a beginning.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- The first few moves in a game.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- A time available in a schedule.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
adjective
- Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
- (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
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Examples of "opening" in Sentences
- The crack is analogous to opening the box.
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