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opening English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word opening once they have reached the level A2 – Elementary. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning opening meaning

What does opening mean?

Definitions in simple English

opening Noun

— An opening is a place that someone or something can go through.

— An opening is the first time a placed is opened to other people. We are going to the museum's opening.

opening

— adjective first or beginning the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth the play's opening scene

— noun (= gap) 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

— noun becoming open or being made open the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for

— noun a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

— noun the first performance (as of a theatrical production) the opening received good critical reviews

— noun the act of opening something the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door

— noun (= chess opening) a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess he memorized all the important chess openings

— noun a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door

— noun the initial part of the introduction the opening established the basic theme

— noun opportunity especially for employment or promotion there is an opening in the sales department

— noun (= orifice) an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart

— noun (= hatchway) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

— noun (= possibility) a possible alternative bankruptcy is always a possibility

— noun (= first step) the first of a series of actions

Synonyms opening synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as opening?

opening English » English

hole

aperture

gap

orifice

mouth

beginning

crack

slit

expanding

commencement

start

door

breach

slot

open

gate

entrance

crevice

break

chance

perforation

outset

outlet

opportunity

introduction

inauguration

blossoming

window

space

prologue

passage

occasion

interstice

initiative

initiation

cleft

cavity

blooming

vent

vacancy

unveiling

unfolding

uncovering

premiere

possibility

opening night

initial

glade

first

expansion

Topics opening topics

What do people use opening to talk about?

Social behavior Social activity Social event

Ceremony

• What types of ceremonies are there?
  anniversary banquet baptism birthday party carousal celebration christening closing ceremony commemoration confirmation consecration convention dance dedication feast festivity fete funeral funfest gala game night graduation homecoming inauguration induction initiation launching memorial naming ceremony opening grand opening parade party reception recognition reenactment retirement toast trade fair wake wedding

Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Game

Chess

• What events make up the game?
  opening move opening move queen to king's knight 4 advance castle capture take lose a piece check checkmate concede

Physical actions Divide into pieces

Make hole, opening

• What words refer to making a hole in something?
  make a hole make an opening pierce put a hole in bore drill stab broach
• What words refer to an opening?
  opening hole aperture

Universe, creation World Land

Underground

• What words refer to natural holes in the ground?
  hole cave cavern grotto opening crack depression hollow cavity channel chasm cleft cranny crater crevasse crevice depression dip mud hole pit sinkhole mouth of a cave

Work and occupation Work Method

Opportunity

• What words refer to an opportunity to do something?
  opportunity chance opening occasion

Physical actions Move Move toward something Move in

Move out

• What words refer to an opening where something can move out?
  exit outlet vent mouth opening way out

States Location Area

Interval, space

• What words refer to the area between things?
  space gap opening break interval separation hole

Examples opening examples

How do I use opening in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Please shake before opening.

Avoid opening the window; I have no great desire to feel air currents on my back.

Would you mind opening the window?

Grand opening sale.

The opening ceremony took place on schedule.

The opening ceremony took place yesterday.

Excuse me for opening your letter by mistake.

Quite a few people attended the opening ceremony of the new bridge.

The door is opening now.

Would you mind my opening the window?

I plan to invite a lot of guests to the opening ceremony.

The flowers are opening.

In opening the door, I broke the lock.

Would you mind my opening the door?

Do you mind opening the door?

It'll be opening time, time I get down there.

Excuse me for interrupting you, but would you mind opening the window?

A good many of the pictures on exhibition were sold on the opening day.

Movie subtitles

This revolutionary discovery is opening us up to the possibility that life may exist in places we never thought possible.

Would you mind opening up the trunk?

Is it like opening a bank account?

Your opening move in our relationship was to lie to me.

By opening up these riches you render a great service to the whole country.

The Opening of the Fall term at Tate University a large football stadium with a college attached.

The student body was waiting to be annoyed by the Dean's opening address.

Look, here's an opening.

An opening in the wall.

He just dropped by to give us a great opening for the third act.

I am opening a branch shop.

I have a license for the original opening date.

I did not know there would be trouble about opening earlier.

I am afraid there will be no opening. I hope you will forgive me.

The Menshevik - S.-R. Executive Committee was opening the congress.

There's no double bottom, no secret opening or trap door.

They're opening the gates.

Would you mind opening the window?

After the opening, you won't hear any more of it until the last seven minutes of the film.

Thank you, Kemp, for opening the window.

Ready for the opening tonight? - Am I?

This is the opening of a new opera season.

There's a new gambling club opening.

He's opening a new club downtown.

Because it's known that the originals were available for the opening of the exhibition, there is no doubt that these wrong stamps were put there to cover up the theft of the originals.

Dress her for the opening.

We're opening tonight.

There's a wax museum opening on 14th Street.

The old man was depressed at the opening last night.

We'll attend the opening of this production.

She probably forgot it's the opening and made another date.

You know the opening number?

Too bad she won't be here for the opening tomorrow night.

That's for the opening of a butcher shop, sir.

On the 4th page of the local paper. Mr. Personaz, restaurant owner in St Maxime. had an opening for a doorman.

I loved the coming and going. picking up an umbrella. giving a smoker a light just in time. indicating the clock to a man without a watch. going. coming. going up. coming down. opening the door 50 times.

Is the gate opening?

News and current affairs

But from the start, the EU should give a signal by unilaterally opening its border to imports from the region.

In societies that have been preparing themselves by opening their markets and embracing universal education, the disruptions of this revolution can probably be absorbed and handled.

The US views an opening to Turkey as a way to decrease Armenia's real and imagined reliance on Russia.

The US invasion and occupation of Iraq, for example, created a major opening for Al Qaeda, whose affiliates now represent the Sunni struggle against the Shia-dominated government.

It is opening again and should be taken advantage of before it is too late.

But how should we understand the broader implications of the opening ceremony, both for China and the outside world?

Yet, the 15 member states may compensate for their collective failure of nerve by opening up easier options for flexible or multi-speed integration.

Indeed, experience gives little reason to presume that a modern way of speaking, willingness to liberalize the economy, and an urge for technological development automatically translates into a democratic opening.

It is a brave politician who points out how much liberalizing trade and opening up markets have increased our overall prosperity.

People also believe that tax increases cannot realistically be purely temporary expedients in an economic crisis, and that they must be regarded as an opening wedge that should be avoided at all costs.

Colombian goods already enjoy virtual free entry to the US market, while Colombian consumers would benefit enormously if their country were to reciprocate by opening its markets to US goods and services.

The best solution is to make Western labor markets flexible by opening the system of collective wage bargaining, dismantling labor market regulation, and reforming the welfare state.

Under the leadership of the new president, Thein Sein, the authorities have responded to calls for a political and economic opening.

So Mexico's challenges boil down to liberating the labor movement, breaking up the private monopolies and opening the public monopolies to competition, and lowering entry barriers that restrict access to the political arena.

Deng Xiaoping's economic opening followed China's bloody - and failed - invasion of Vietnam in 1978.

Opening up markets to the free flow of capital, not the dictatorship of the proletariat, has rendered state power obsolete.

This may lead to suppression of pressure from below for economic reform and opening.

Until the recent opening, Myanmar, which gained independence in 1948, had been ruled by a secretive military junta since 1962.

This leaves Iran the opening it needs to place a strategic bet that the Syrian conflict will generate increasing friction between the West and Iran's regional archrival, Saudi Arabia.

By opening itself to the world through tourism, and with its emphasis on education and women's rights, Ben Ali's regime created something unique in the Middle East: a vibrant middle class.

Growing talk - both in Europe and America - about boycotting the Olympics (or the opening ceremony) has proven utterly ineffective in influencing China's behavior in Tibet.

The opening of peace talks with Al Qaida?

Asia is rising because Asian countries are increasingly opening their doors to modernity.

In both countries, foreign investors are opening gins and assisting growers.

Beyond the emotional impact of President Gul's visit to Yerevan, real improvement in Turkish-Armenian relations requires opening the two countries' closed border - the last in Europe.

There was no mistaking the power and symbolism of the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympic Games on August 8.

At the same time, it could be argued that the spectacle of the opening ceremony was intended to overcome China's historic humiliation by the West and signal a new chapter.

Three years later, a Pakistan-based terrorist group killed more than 160 people in Mumbai, India's financial capital - and, with them, the diplomatic opening initiated by cricket.