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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 that is man-made; "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" the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise 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" opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department" first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven''s Fifth"; "the play''s opening scene" beginning(a), inaugural, introductory, starting an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship 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" the first of a series of actions; "he memorized all the important chess openings" |
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