• the first of a series of actions; "he memorized all the important chess Openings"
• 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"
• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small Opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
• 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 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"

'Opening' in other languages