opening
/ˈoʊ.pə.nɪŋ/ adjective C2- Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events. · The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is, perhaps, the most recognizable in all of European art music.
- Of the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket.
- Of the batsman who opens the innings or of a bowler who opens the attack.
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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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