opening
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
sciences
sports
Etymology: From Middle English openynge, openande, openand, from Old English openiende, from Proto-West Germanic *opanōndī, from Proto-Germanic *upanōndz, present participle of *upanōną (“to open”), equivalent to open + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian iepenjend, Dutch openend, German öffnend, Swedish öppnande, Icelandic opnandi.
Base: open
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: openings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is, perhaps, the most recognizable in all of European art music.
The opening act of the battle for Fort Sumter was the firing of a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, by Lt. Henry S. Farley, who acted upon the command of Capt. George S. James, which round exploded over Fort Sumter as a signal to open the general bombardment from 43 guns and mortars at Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, the floating battery, and Cummings Point.
gloss: Of the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of the batsman who opens the innings or of a bowler who opens the attack.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An act or instance of making or becoming open.
pos: noun
examples: The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.
He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.
gloss: A gap permitting passage through.
pos: noun
examples: A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.
He slipped through an opening in the crowd.
He held that great exactness in craniotopography is unnecessary, all that is needed being to make a sufficiently large opening.
Specialised long-reach excavators with a clamshell grab then reach though the openings to lift the spoil to the surface, which is then deposited in articulated dump trucks (ADTs).
gloss: An act or instance of beginning.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: Something that is a beginning.
pos: noun
examples: They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.
gloss: Something that is a beginning.
pos: noun
examples: The French openings decided that satin gowns, suits, wraps and even hats were to be in first fashion this autumn.
gloss: Something that is a beginning.
pos: noun
gloss: Something that is a beginning.
pos: noun
examples: John spends two hours a day studying chess openings, and another two hours studying endgames.
gloss: A vacant position, especially in an array.
pos: noun
examples: Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?
gloss: A vacant position, especially in an array.
pos: noun
examples: If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.
The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.
gloss: A vacant position, especially in an array.
pos: noun
examples: We have an opening in our marketing department.
gloss: An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
pos: noun
examples: The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.
gloss: In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
pos: noun
Synonyms: gap
crevice
interspace
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: abriente
lang: Spanish
word: de abertura
lang: Spanish
word: de apertura
lang: Finnish
word: alku
lang: Hebrew
word: התחלה
roman: hatkhalá
lang: Hebrew
word: ראשית
roman: reshít
lang: Hungarian
word: kezdet
lang: Hungarian
word: kezdés
lang: Hungarian
word: eleje
lang: Hungarian
word: nyitás
lang: Hungarian
word: nyitány
lang: Italian
word: apertura
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: begynnelse
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: start
lang: Portuguese
word: início
lang: Russian
word: нача́ло
roman: načálo
lang: Russian
word: откры́тие
roman: otkrýtije
lang: Bulgarian
word: ваканция
roman: vakancija
lang: Finnish
word: aukko
lang: Finnish
word: tyhjä paikka
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ledig stilling