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opening

noun

1 opening

An open or empty space in or between things:
— There was a small opening between the trees.

synonym: gap.

Roget 476: reasoning ratiocination rationalism; dialectics, induction, generalization.    discussion, comment; ventilation; inquiry etc. 461.    argumentation, controversy, debate; ... show more

Roget 302: passage, transmission; permeation; penetration, interpenetration; transudation, infiltration; endosmose exosmose; endosmosis [Chem]; intercurrence; ingress etc. 294; egress ... show more

Roget 198: interval, interspace; separation etc. 44; break, gap, opening; hole etc. 260; chasm, hiatus, caesura; ... show more

Roget 180: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, ... show more

Roget 134: timeliness, occasion, opportunity, opening, room; event (eventuality) 151; suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time; high time; ... show more

Dutch: tussenruimte
Polish: otwór

2 opening

A ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise.

3 opening

Becoming open or being made open.

Dutch: opening, vacature
Polish: otwarcie

4 opening

The first performance (as of a theatrical production):
— The opening received good critical reviews.

synonyms: curtain raising, opening night.

Dutch: opening

5 opening

The act of opening something.

Polish: otwieranie

6 opening

Opportunity especially for employment or promotion.

Dutch: vacature
Polish: otwarcie

7 opening

The initial part of the introduction.

8 opening

A possible alternative.

synonyms: possibility, possible action.

Dutch: mogelijkheid

9 opening

An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity.

synonyms: orifice, porta.

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; ... show more

Roget 66: beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation; introduction etc. (precursor) 64; alpha, initial; inauguration, ... show more

Dutch: opening, lichaamsopening

10 opening

A vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made.

Dutch: opening
Polish: otwór

11 opening

An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship.

synonyms: hatchway, scuttle.

Dutch: luikopening, laadhoofd

12 opening

A recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess:
— He memorized all the important chess openings.

synonym: chess opening.

Polish: otwarcie szachowe, debiut

13 opening

The first of a series of actions.

synonyms: first step, initiative, opening move.

Dutch: aanstichting, initiatief
Polish: zrobienie pierwszego kroku

adjective

1 opening

First or beginning.

Roget 260: open; perforated etc. v.; perforate; wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped; oscitant, gaping, yawning; patent.    tubular, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: a leg up, abysm, abyss, access, adit, air lock, aisle, alley, alpha, ambulatory, aperture, apparition, appearance, appearing, appointment, approach, arcade, arising, arroyo, artery ... show more.

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