opening
/ˈoʊ.pə.nɪŋ/ noun B1- An act or instance of making or becoming open. · The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.
- A gap permitting passage through. · A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.· He slipped through an opening in the crowd.
- An act or instance of beginning. · There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.· Their opening of the concert with Brass in Pocket always fires up the crowd.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe. · They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.
- 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. · John spends two hours a day studying chess openings, and another two hours studying endgames.
- The initial movement in a market when it opens.
Plural openings
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New worlds of thought, feeling, and ambition, fresh, fascinating fields of unexplored knowledge seemed to be opening out before Anne’s eager eyes.
A DOG, used to eating eggs, saw an Oyster and, opening his mouth to its widest extent, swallowed it down with the utmost relish, supposing it to be an egg.
“Is he tame?” asked the woman, opening the door a little wider.
Toto whimpered a little, but none of the others was frightened, and they kept along the well-trodden path until they came to an opening in the wood, in which were gathered hundreds of beasts of every variety.
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