opening
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(noun) the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" |
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Related Words: motion, move, movement |
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Antonyms: closing |
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(noun) becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for" |
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Related Words: change of integrity, cut, cutting |
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(adjective) first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene" |
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Antonyms: closing |
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(noun) a vacant or unobstructed space; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" |
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Related Words: aperture, artefact, artifact, bell, breech, crack, embrasure, exit, fenestella, fly, fly front, gap, grille, gun muzzle, gunpoint, hole, intake, interstice, issue, lattice, lunette, mouth, muzzle, neck, neckline, outlet, port, porthole, rear of barrel, rear of tube, slit, spout, throat, way out, wicket, window |
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(noun) the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme" |
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Related Words: introduction, salutation |
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(noun) the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" |
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Synonyms: curtain raising, opening night |
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Related Words: start |
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(noun) a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise |
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Related Words: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: gap |
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Related Words: breach, chasm, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, foramen, hole, mouth, rent, rift, rip, scissure, space, split, tear, window |
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(noun) opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department" |
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Related Words: chance, opportunity |
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(noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship |
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Synonyms: hatchway, scuttle |
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Related Words: entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, escape hatch |
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(noun) an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" |
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Synonyms: orifice |
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Related Words: anus, arse, arsehole, asshole, blastopore, cardia, cervix, external orifice, fenestra, fontanel, fontanelle, mouth, naris, os, passage, passageway, pylorus, soft spot, spiracle, stoma, urethral orifice, uterine cervix, vent |
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(noun) a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility" |
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Synonyms: possibility, possible action |
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Related Words: alternative, choice, option, possible |
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(noun) the first of a series of actions; "he memorized all the important chess openings" |
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Synonyms: first step, initiative, opening move |
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Related Words: beginning, commencement, curtain raiser, first base, start |
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