opening

opening
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noun
1 beginning
ADJECTIVE
▪ successful
▪

It was the most successful opening of any British movie ever.

▪ chess
PREPOSITION
▪ opening to
▪

the famous opening to the novel

2 hole; way in/out
ADJECTIVE
▪ large, wide
▪ narrow, small
▪ window
VERB + OPENING
▪ cut
▪ create, make
▪ block, cover, seal
PREPOSITION
▪ opening in
▪

to cut an opening in the fence

▪ opening to
▪

the opening to the kitchen

3 opportunity; job which is available
ADJECTIVE
▪ new
▪ possible
▪ clear (sports)
▪

He missed one of the clearest openings in the game.

▪ job, political
VERB + OPENING
▪ create, provide
▪

Cooper created the opening for Russell to shoot the first goal.

▪ give sb
▪ fill
▪

She is the strongest candidate to fill this opening.

PREPOSITION
▪ opening for, opening in
▪

career openings for biologists in industry

4 ceremony
ADJECTIVE
▪ grand
▪ formal
▪ official, royal, state
▪

the state opening of Parliament (in the UK)

VERB + OPENING
▪ attend
▪ celebrate
▪ mark
OPENING + NOUN
▪ ceremony
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adj.
Opening is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑address, ↑balance, ↑batsman, ↑bell, ↑bend, ↑bid, ↑ceremony, ↑chapter, ↑concert, ↑credit, ↑day, ↑fixture, ↑hour, ↑lap, ↑measure, ↑minute, ↑monologue, ↑move, ↑movement, ↑night, ↑page, ↑paragraph, ↑passage, ↑prelude, ↑quarter, ↑reception, ↑remark, ↑round, ↑scene, ↑section, ↑sentence, ↑sequence, ↑session, ↑shot, ↑skirmish, ↑solo, ↑speech, ↑stage, ↑time, ↑track, ↑try

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