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Meaning of opening
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opening
adj 1: 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: {opening}, {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},
{opening night}, {curtain raising}]
5: the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his
cautious opening of the door" [ant: {closing}, {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}, {opening}]
9: an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the
orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the
heart" [syn: {orifice}, {opening}, {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}, {opening},
{scuttle}]
12: a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of
chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings" [syn:
{opening}, {chess opening}]
13: the first of a series of actions [syn: {first step},
{initiative}, {opening move}, {opening}]
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