Defenition of the word opening

• Defenition of the word opening

  • A, often round, piece of nothingness in some solid.
  • An unoccupied employment position.
  • The first few moves in a game of chess.
  • The first period of a game or play,
  • the first of a series of actions; "he memorized all the important chess openings"
  • an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
  • first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"
  • the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"
  • becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"
  • a vacant or unobstructed space; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
  • the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"
  • a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
  • opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department"
  • 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"
  • the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews"
  • an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"
  • a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
  • a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
  • first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven''s Fifth"; "the play''s opening scene"
  • the first of a series of actions
  • the act of opening something
  • becoming open or being made open
  • a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
  • a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
  • an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
  • a possible alternative
  • the initial part of the introduction
  • the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
  • an open or empty space in or between things
  • opportunity especially for employment or promotion
  • first or beginning

Synonyms for the word opening

• • aperture
  • breach
  • break
  • cavity
  • chance
  • curtain raising
  • first step
  • gap
  • gateway
  • hatchway
  • hole
  • initiative
  • lucky break
  • notch
  • opening move
  • opening night
  • opportunity
  • orifice
  • possibility
  • possible action
  • prospect
  • scuttle

Similar words in the opening

• • beginning
  • beginning(a)
  • first
  • inaugural
  • initiative
  • initiatory
  • introductory
  • maiden
  • opening
  • opening's
  • openings
  • starting

Meronymys for the word opening

• • Earth's surface
  • hatch
  • surface

Hyponyms for the word opening

• • anus
  • aortic orifice
  • aperture
  • arse
  • arsehole
  • asshole
  • bell
  • blastopore
  • breach
  • breech
  • cardia
  • cervix
  • cervix uteri
  • chasm
  • cleft
  • crack
  • crevice
  • curtain raiser
  • cut
  • cutting
  • diastema
  • embrasure
  • escape hatch
  • exit
  • external orifice
  • fenestella
  • fenestra
  • first base
  • fissure
  • fly
  • fly front
  • fontanel
  • fontanelle
  • foramen
  • gap
  • grille
  • gun muzzle
  • hiatus
  • hole
  • inlet
  • intake
  • interstice
  • introitus
  • issue
  • lattice
  • lunette
  • mouth
  • muzzle
  • naris
  • neck
  • neck opening
  • nodes of Ranvier
  • os
  • outlet
  • pass-through
  • peace initiative
  • pocket
  • port
  • porta hepatis
  • porthole
  • possible
  • pylorus
  • Ranvier's nodes
  • rear of barrel
  • rear of tube
  • rent
  • rift
  • rima
  • rip
  • salutation
  • scissure
  • slit
  • snag
  • soft spot
  • spiracle
  • split
  • spout
  • stoma
  • tear
  • teaser
  • throat
  • urethral orifice
  • uterine cervix
  • vent
  • way out
  • wicket
  • window

Hypernyms for the word opening

• • alternative
  • artefact
  • artifact
  • beginning
  • ceremonial
  • ceremonial occasion
  • ceremony
  • chance
  • change of integrity
  • choice
  • commencement
  • entrance
  • entranceway
  • entree
  • entry
  • entryway
  • introduction
  • motility
  • motion
  • move
  • movement
  • observance
  • opportunity
  • option
  • passage
  • passageway
  • sequence
  • space
  • start
  • succession

Antonyms for the word opening

• • closing
  • shutting

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