opening

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , from , present participle of , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) 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.
 * 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.

Etymology 2
From, , , from , from , from , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) An act or instance of making or becoming open.
 * The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.
 * He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.
 * 1) A gap permitting passage through.
 * 2) An act or instance of beginning.
 * 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.
 * 1) Something that is a beginning.
 * 2) The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
 * They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.
 * 1) The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
 * 2) The first few measures of a musical composition.
 * 3) The first few moves in a game.
 * John spends two hours a day studying chess openings, and another two hours studying endgames.
 * 1) A vacant position, especially in an array.
 * Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?
 * 1) A time available in a schedule.
 * 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.
 * 1) An unoccupied employment position.
 * We have an opening in our marketing department.
 * 1) An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
 * 2)  In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
 * The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.
 * 1) An unoccupied employment position.
 * We have an opening in our marketing department.
 * 1) An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
 * 2)  In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
 * 1)  In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:hole or Thesaurus:interspace

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: açılış
 * Bulgarian: отваряне
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄνοιξις
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,  ,
 * Irish: oscailt
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, åp
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: відкриття́


 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: dishcljidzãturã
 * Azerbaijani: açılış
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * Gallurese: abbaltura
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀπή, ἀνάπτυξις
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:, forāmen
 * Luxembourgish: Ëffnung
 * Maori: pūaha, angotanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, åp
 * Old Church Slavonic: доупина
 * Old English: þȳrel
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: kicha
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: calànca, obertura
 * Logudorese: abberidura, calànca
 * Sassarese: abirtura
 * Scottish Gaelic: beul, toll
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tocharian B: lyauto
 * Ukrainian:
 * Zulu: isikhala


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , , , ,
 * Maori: whakapuaretanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , åp ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: otvoritev


 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: premiero
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Eröffnungsvorstellung
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: whakatuwheratanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, åp , premiere, urpremiere,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, åp


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hebrew: אוברטורה
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ouverture,
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: дебют
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Kazakh: ойынбасы
 * Luxembourgish: Erëffnung
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, åp
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, tyhjä paikka
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ledig stilling


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: (elérhető) idősáv
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ledig time


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: avoin paikka
 * German: offene Stelle, freie Stelle
 * Hungarian:, , betöltetlen állás
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ledig stilling
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: удобен случай
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:


 * Esperanto:
 * Slovene: (1),  (2,4,5)
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) opening, gap
 * 2) the act or process of being opened

Noun

 * 1) opening sequence; title sequence