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Definition of opening :
1. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.
2. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings.
3. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business.
4. of Open
5. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
Synonyms:
source, interruption, arising, chess opening, fount, col, luck, kickoff, outlet, outset, initiation, commencement, onset, coal scuttle, leadoff, starting, chance, scuttle, first, origination, dawn, start, theory, opening move, spring, hatchway, launch, incipience, curtain raising, inception, enterprisingness, possible action, crack, maiden, genesis, porta, enterprise, beginning, introductory, inaugural, occasion, inauguration, primary, break, birth, fountain, vent, nascence, origin, rise, opening night, initiative, nascency, initiatory, opportunity, go-ahead, possibility, hypothesis, shot, incipiency, open, possibleness, spread, disruption, first step
entrance (part of speech: noun)
ingress, entrance, input, intake, door, entryway, aperture, access
opening (part of speech: verb)
mouth, chasm, pore, revealing, releasing, exposing, gate, disclosing, uncorking, gap, embouchure, orifice, unlocking, inlet, unplugging, yawning, undoing, unsealing, hatch, hole, portal, baring
introduction (part of speech: noun)
overture, preamble, introduction, forward, preface, prologue, prelude
Usage examples:
- What appeared on opening it? - "Trial-of-Mary-Blandy", Roughead, William.
- She rose with the child in her arms and moved towards the door, Gouache following her with the intention of opening it for her to go out. - "Sant' Ilario", F. Marion Crawford.
- He opened the boatport and stood in the opening. - "The Pirates of Ersatz", Murray Leinster.