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opening

English

🔊 first or beginning
“the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth”
🔊 the act of opening something
“the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door”
🔊 becoming open or being made open
“the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for”
🔊 a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
“he memorized all the important chess openings”
🔊 a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
“they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door”
🔊 the initial part of the introduction
“the opening established the basic theme”
🔊 the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
“the opening received good critical reviews”
🔊 a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
🔊 an open or empty space in or between things
“there was a small opening between the trees”
🔊 opportunity especially for employment or promotion
“there is an opening in the sales department”
🔊 an entrance equipped with a hatch
🔊 an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
“the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart”
🔊 a possible alternative
“bankruptcy is always a possibility”
🔊 the first of a series of actions