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English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-opening.ogg


Noun

  1. A hole; a gap; a crevice.
  2. The first few moves in a game of chess.
  3. An unoccupied employment position.
  4. The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
  5. The initial period an art gallery or museum is first opened.
  6. The first few measures of a musical composition.


Translations

Verb

opening


Adjective

  1. 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 open the attack|opens the attack


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Open \O"pen\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. Opened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Opening.] [AS. openian. See Open,a.]
1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose;
to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering
from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room;
to open a letter.
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And all the windows of my heart
I open to the day. --Whittier.
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2. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
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3. To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
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The king opened himself to some of his council, that
he was sorry for the earl's death. --Bacon.
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Unto thee have I opened my cause. --Jer. xx. 12.
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While he opened to us the Scriptures. --Luke xxiv.
32.
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4. To make known; to discover; also, to render available or
accessible for settlements, trade, etc.
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The English did adventure far for to open the North
parts of America. --Abp. Abbot.
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5. To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open
fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to
open an investigation; to open a case in court, or a
meeting.
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6. To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton
by separating the fibers.
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To open one's mouth, to speak.

To open up, to lay open; to discover; to disclose.
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Poetry that had opened up so many delightful views
into the character and condition of our "bold
peasantry, their country's pride." --Prof.
Wilson.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Opening \O"pen*ing\, n.
1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement;
first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
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The opening of your glory was like that of light.
--Dryden.
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2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap;
cleft, or hole.
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We saw him at the opening of his tent. --Shak.
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3. Hence: An opportunity; as, an opening for business.
[Colloq.] --Dickens.
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4. Hence: A vacant place; a job which does not have a current
occupant; as, they are now interviewing candidates for the
two openings in the department.
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5. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst
of a forest; a clearing; as, oak openings. [U.S.]
--Cooper.
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WordNet opening
adj : first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of
Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene" [ant: closing]
n 1: an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a
small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a
gap in the wall" [syn: gap]
2: a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
3: becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms
was the sign I was waiting for"
4: the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the
opening received good critical reviews" [syn: {opening
night}, curtain raising]
5: the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his
cautious opening of the door" [ant: shutting]
6: opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there
is an opening in the sales department"
7: the initial part of the introduction; "the opening
established the basic theme"
8: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
[syn: possibility, possible action]
9: an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the
orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the
heart" [syn: orifice, porta]
10: a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left
a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
11: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway
between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, scuttle]
12: the first of a series of actions; "he memorized all the
important chess openings" [syn: first step, initiative,
opening move]
Moby Dictionary
a leg up , abysm , abyss , access , adit , air lock , aisle , alley ,
alpha , ambulatory , aperture , apparition , appearance , appearing ,
appointment , approach , arcade , arising , arroyo , artery , avatar ,
avenue , bareness , barrenness , beginning , berth , billet , birth ,
blankness , blast-off , bleakness , blowhole , box canyon , breach ,
break , canyon , cavity , chance , channel , chap , chasm , check ,
chimney , chink , chute , clear stage , cleft , cleuch , cloister ,
clough , col , colonnade , coming , coming into being , coming-forth ,
commencement , communication , conduit , connection , corridor , coulee ,
couloir , covered way , crack , cranny , creation , crevasse , crevice ,
cut , cutting edge , cwm , dawn , dawning , debouch , debut , defile ,
dell , demonstration , desertedness , desolateness , dike , disclosure ,
discontinuity , display , ditch , donga , door , draw , edge , egress ,
emergence , employment , emptiness , emunctory , enactment , engagement ,
entrance , entranceway , entree , entry , entryway , epiphany , escape ,
establishment , estuary , excavation , exhaust , exhibit , exhibition ,
exit , exposition , exposure , fair field , fair game , fault , ferry ,
fissure , flaw , floodgate , flume , flying start , foothold , ford ,
forthcoming , foundation , fracture , fresh start , furrow , gallery ,
gangplank , gangway , gap , gape , gash , gig , gorge , groove , gulch ,
gulf , gully , hall , hole , hollowness , in , inanition , inauguration ,
incarnation , incision , incumbency , ingress , initiation , inlet ,
institution , intake , interchange , intersection , issuance , job ,
joint , jump-off , junction , kick-off , kloof , lane , launch ,
leading edge , leak , liberty , look-in , loophole , manifestation ,
materialization , materializing , means of access , moat ,
moonlighting , new departure , noninhabitance , nonoccupance ,
nonoccupancy , nonresidence , notch , nullah , occasion , occurrence ,
office , oncoming , onset , open arms , open door , opportunism ,
opportunity , orifice , origin , origination , ostentation , out ,
outbreak , outcome , outfall , outgate , outgo , outlet , outset ,
outstart , overpass , pass , passage , passageway , performance , pit ,
place , place open , pore , port , portico , position , post ,
presentation , presentment , production , projection , railroad tunnel ,
ravine , realization , rent , representation , retrospective ,
revelation , rift , rime , rise , rising , room , running start , rupture ,
sally port , scissure , scope , seam , second job , send-off ,
separation , service , setout , setting in motion , setting-up , shot ,
show , showing , showing forth , situation , slit , slot , sluice ,
spiracle , split , spout , square one , squeak , start , start-off ,
starting point , station , stepping-stone , take-off , tap , tenure ,
theophany , time , traject , trajet , trench , tunnel , underpass ,
unfolding , unfoldment , unveiling , vacancy , vacant post , vacuity ,
valley , varnishing day , vent , ventage , venthole , vernissage ,
vestibule , void , voidness , vomitory , wadi , way , way in , way out ,
weir


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