Definition of opening in English:

opening

noun ˈəʊp(ə)nɪŋˈoʊp(ə)nɪŋ

1A space or gap that allows passage or access.
an opening in the roof would get rid of the smoke
Example sentencesExamples
- Just as an opening in traffic came along she was knocked in the shoulder roughly by a passer by.
- She brought Ross in on the project, and he designed the slightly conical space with window openings positioned in relation to astronomical movements.
- The design of the diaphragms took into account the openings required for access ladders and an elevator that will take visitors from the base of one leg of the tower to the observation area.
- The conductors on the substrates include end portions having bonding vias formed therethrough in alignment with access openings in the substrates.
- And the handle's efficiently designed openings allow a good view of the work.
- The ground floor needs 14 window openings made with sandstone surrounds.
- Metaphorically, the mass is supposed to have been eroded by time and weather, so revealing its strata, and allowing openings to be created for access and light.
- I throw myself out the opening and sprint along the min-corridor into the main room again.
- Construction is of rendered rubble walls, with brick features around window and door openings, brick quoins and a pitched slated roof.
- Original internal features include the kilns, low ceiling heights between floors, steeping tanks and shutter mechanisms for window openings.
- He was just standing there, in the small space at the small opening by my room.
- The garden will also have two new openings to give greater access to the precinct and act as a walkway between Pickwick Road South and the extended supermarket.
- This was the opening of the secret passage leading to her own room on the third floor.
- Think of a fly trying to get out of a window with a narrow opening.
- During fetal development, this opening allows blood in the fetus to bypass the lungs.
- Other researchers took imprints of the plant's surface to look for tiny openings that would allow the fragrance to escape, and tissue samples to study biochemistry.
- In reviewing these codes, one finds no prescriptions for preventing child access to laundry chute openings.
- Contractors differ on the methods they use to determine the location of roof and ceiling openings in homes with attics or crawl spaces.
- Assistance in installing the new tubing may be provided by minimally invasive surgical access openings in the patient's chest.
- The trousers have seat and knee patches, pass through pockets, and zippered leg openings to allow easy donning and doffing without removing the footwear.
- After a certain amount of toing and froing with the national park, we agreed on sandstone for the new window openings.
- At the time, the mill building was an empty shell stripped back to its stone walls and with the window openings blocked over with corrugated iron.
- It is clad entirely in shiny corrugated metal - even window openings have perforated metal outer skins.
- Above all, the female body was assumed to be moulded, enclosed: all openings sealed, all passage denied.
- Before birth, babies don't breathe through their lungs and this opening allows blood to flow freely through the heart.
- He stops and stares, obviously stunned at seeing the opening of the hidden passage.
- The light source is projected over the sample surface onto the opening of aperture 2.
- The opening of the airway allowed the Marine to get the oxygen needed to survive.
- Place windows and openings along the sidewalk.
- Steel framing allows for longer wall openings and glass comers, working with the single-loaded plan to ventilate the house with ocean breezes.
- Inside a group could gather, it would be comfortable for two and you could see the stars through the round opening in the roof.
- Patio doors and glass openings provide visual access to the water.
- I position the chains to allow a slight opening, big enough for my hand to slip through and retrieve a small jar of honey.
- This moist, cool, and heavy air then falls down the shafts and into the living spaces through the door openings at the bottom.
- It also plays a crucial symbolic role merely through its function as an opening for the passage of light.
- Heavy sliding steel grilles screen the openings, but also allow views into the entrance hall beyond.
- Double zipper openings allow easy entry and exit of casualties.
- The metal facade framing the unit has sculptural openings that allow air to circulate around the firebox.
- Wide root openings allow teeth to quickly replace tooth material lost through intense chewing.
- But there is no direct evidence that the fresh air supply opening was in fact blocked in any way on this occasion.
Synonyms
hole, gap, aperture, space, orifice, vent, slot, window, crack, slit, gash, split, fissure, perforation, cleft, crevice, cut, incision, rent, cavity, cranny, groove, chink, eye, mouth
loophole, spyhole, peephole, judas
interstice
Medicine hiatus, foramen
doorway, gateway, portal, way, entrance, entry, entryway, means of entry, way in, entrée, access, means of access, exit, egress, way out
2A beginning; an initial part.
Maya started tapping out the opening of her story
Example sentencesExamples
- Its slowburning choppy intro starts like the opening to a Jewish hymn, before the entire band bursts into a kaleidoscopic sound addiction.
- Immediately Ron launched into the opening of ‘This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us’.
- During the big pauses between each of the short, sobbing phrases at the opening of the Tristan prelude, you could have heard a pin drop.
- My old habits took over and I started my usual openings with small talk.
- Good openings might include a story, a camper situation that they might have to deal with, a staff!
- But everything you pointed out in the opening is exactly what's taking place in the city.
- I remember at school when I was set homework assignments for English and we had to write about a page of writing for openings of horror stories.
- The opening and title story makes it very clear that every word counts, and must be weighed for meaning, both obvious and hidden.
- Let me quote a short part of his guessing-game, prefaced by his usual opening.
- This proposition was most overtly put in the arrangement of the opening of The Dawn of Photography.
- Also, the opening to the story wasn't written by either me or my friend.
- The morning news speaks of battlefield deaths and capture, reminding us that easy, unopposed openings do not tell the complete story of a war.
Synonyms
beginning, start, outset, inception, launch, birth, dawn
introduction, preliminary, preface, prelude, foreword, preamble, prefatory remarks, opening statement, opening remarks, prologue
informal kick-off
formal commencement
rare proem, prolegomenon
1. 2.1 A ceremony or celebratory gathering at which a building, show, etc. is declared to be open.
  I covered the opening of a new computerized diagnosis unit
  Example sentencesExamples
  Nine staff members celebrated the opening by cutting a ribbon and cracking open a bottle of champagne.
  Recently a number of people gathered together for a ceremony for the opening of ‘the gate’.
  A dozen talented children from all over the Stratford area are making ready for the opening of a new musical, Alice!
  Friday saw the official opening of Co-operative Bulk Handling's facility upgrade at Northampton.
  The official opening of the centre will be held next September.
  They can't really celebrate the opening of the building without the architect.
  A double opening will offer new paintings by Aaron Hill entitled Inheritance.
  Those with the stamina could join in the colloquium of sages held every morning or tour the art exhibitions and special openings of historic buildings in half a dozen sites around the city.
  Minister of State Martin Cullen unveiled a wall plaque in the foyer of the new Employment Centre to mark its official opening.
  Large crowds were gathered to celebrate the opening of a new sewage plant, another step along the road of reconstruction.
  Children at the Morden school had double cause for celebration with the opening of a building extension on Wednesday.
  The official opening will take place on Tuesday 16 and the library will be open to the public on Thursday 18.
  Minister McCreevy said that the opening of the centre would provide an opportunity for the people of Athy to look forward.
  After the ceremonial opening, a hymn should be read from the Guru Granth Sahib.
  Anyway, I agreed to have the work ready for the opening of the Autumn Show in September.
  A pageant of pupils celebrated their school's history as they welcomed the opening of its new building.
  From crips autumn apples to hot Broadway openings, the season offers treats for every taste.
  One of the most lavish official openings in recent times took place last Saturday when the new Golden Meadows Retirement Village was completed and is now available for business.
  The Upper Eden Cycling Club turned out in force to celebrate the opening of the centre and following the ceremony headed off to Hawes for a round cycle route.
  Working with a gallery also provides opportunities for shows, openings, announcements and newspaper or magazine articles.
  Synonyms
  opening ceremony, official opening, launch, initiation, inauguration, institution, foundation, establishment, setting up, formation, constitution, opening night, premiere, first night, first showing
  private view, vernissage
2. 2.2Chess A recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In 2000 I earned an expert's rating by playing aggressive chess openings.
  Because this opening is a mainstay in the repertoires of tens of thousands of amateurs.
  He also did a credible job of outlining the main ideas of this opening in the introduction.
  The idea is that one can play this opening without having to memorize a great number of lines.
  If you are looking for an offbeat new opening, this book may be the answer to your dreams.
3. 2.3 A counsel's preliminary statement of a case in a law court.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Of course, so it had been, in the passage of the pleadings to which I took your Honours in my opening.
  The jury was empanelled, and counsel for the Crown began his opening, which was not completed on the first day.
  It was, however, mentioned in the opening of counsel for Wang.
  There had been an opening made by senior counsel for the appellant which disclosed certain aspects of the defence case.
  There were to be full oral openings by all parties projected to occupy four weeks at the start of the trial.
  Synonyms
  introduction, preamble, opening remarks, prefatory remarks, formalities
3An opportunity to achieve something.
they seem to have exploited fully the openings offered
Example sentencesExamples
- Don't close the door on the majority of the openings and career opportunities that are out there.
- Active travel between life's new stages creates new openings, new chances.
- So it's almost like there is an opening, an opportunity, to communicate with the spirit world.
- It may be an ideal opening for someone who has never had an opportunity to try out for the small screen but would love to find out more.
- Entrepreneurs with an eye for opportunities have seized on openings offered by the JFPM to create their own niche markets in the complex.
- Once one learns to become unpredictable, all kinds of openings and opportunities present themselves.
- But he almost never treats it at face value, preferring to allow interpretive openings into this method of interpretation.
- A top forty single would fit the bill nicely, and would offer openings into all kinds of other stuff - most notably magickal stuff.
- It is my opinion that Hashem uses every possible opening to allow the world to love Him.
- He had spotted that when Louis threw his left jab, he tended to drop his guard, leaving an opening that might be exploited.
- Do you get the sense that this newfound attention towards Canadian bands in the States has also offered any openings towards hip-hop artists like yourself?
- As of late she hadn't spoken about Casey; and I haven't offered her an opening to do so.
- Yet the opening to the West offered by the EU could bring huge economic benefits to Iran.
- The circulating libraries offered new openings for sales, and the rising success of periodicals provided more work until well into the 20th cent.
- Karl stood and put both hands on the table, realizing Sara had created the opening for his offer.
- They haven't had many openings that are this opportune for them, and so they're naturally taking it, and you know, one can't blame them, that's politics.
- The transitions to democracy and the openings they appeared to offer were another source.
- Both these openings offer defense against a German strike into Munich and the easy opportunity to pick up both Iberian supply centers in 1901.
- The prices being paid for existing businesses and the rents being offered for new openings are in many cases unsustainable.
- You and Gabrielle can see opportunities and openings that we can't, and you're both fast enough to take them.
Synonyms
opportunity, chance, favourable time/occasion/moment, right set of circumstances, moment, occasion, window (of opportunity), possibility, turn, time
informal break, lucky break, shot
1. 3.1 An available job.
  there are few openings for the ex-footballer
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'll be looking for new openings eventually, and will start ramping up my freelancing as of today.
  There were no professional openings available to me in Scotland at the time.
  Most chains advertise the available openings in newspapers.
  When an opening became available on his staff, Foster offered Williams a job as assistant coach.
  I am writing to enquire for any possible openings in your firm.
  Yes, there is life even after retirement with plenty of openings in ship building industry and shipping lines.
  I was hired because those most concerned wanted a vigorous lecturer to fill the available opening.
  What jobs seem to have the most openings in your area?
  The good press, usually driven by the local population, hails new job openings and increased availability of a multitude of products at affordable prices.
  Our behind the scenes volunteer staff is pretty full right now, but there is always a chance that an opening will arrive.
  Local students or students not requiring travel assistance can apply for the Volunteer Program if openings are available.
  The following tips might help bridge the gap IL between available workers and job openings.
  Chiu said the remaining 7,828 openings are available to young men aged between 18 and 27.
  The site contains listings for job openings that have been posted with the country's federal labour office and are linked to job exchanges.
  There are many good openings available, and relatively few bad ones.
  Fortunately, an opening became available in the employer's parts department and he was afforded that job.
  In a nutshell, students can post their resumes on the system and employers can post job openings.
  The cost of a public school and university education was high for middle-class families, and there was increased competition for available openings in the professions.
  Todd Brun has put together a list of faculty openings and postdoctoral positions available in quantum information processing.
  It is the construction industry which has openings for professional and graduate level entrants, from engineers to architects to craft roles, such as building and painting and decorating.
  Synonyms
  vacancy, position, job, opportunity

adjective ˈəʊp(ə)nɪŋˈoʊp(ə)nɪŋ

attributive Coming at the beginning of something; initial.
she stole the show with her opening remark
Example sentencesExamples
- Indeed, they might have won the league too but for losing their opening two matches and then going the remainder of the trip undefeated.
- Fans had packed pubs across the district, turning them into a sea of red and white shirts and St George's flags to watch England's opening match.
- The sides were evenly matched for the opening thirty minutes with the winners only having a three point lead at the interval.
- He may have been high and wide with the free but he knew how to find the back of the net for the opening goal of the match less than sixty seconds later.
- A number of myths are likely to have been dispelled almost as soon as Friday's opening match between France and Senegal has been completed.
- The home side started brightly and they did have the visitors defence under real pressure during the opening minutes of the match.
- In my opening remarks at the beginning of the hearing I drew attention to this.
- They also contested the opening match of the inaugural Asian test championship at Calcutta.
- A giant screen would be in place to telecast India's opening match with Holland.
- The competition commenced on the eve of India's opening match against Holland.
- The opening match was a lesson that will be recorded in World Cup history; everyone has learned something.
- He hinted that his team could take both matches on the opening day but he said that he would not let his players be pressured by overly high hopes.
- Not that endless hours of blissful slumber prevented him nodding off during his team's opening match against Japan on Tuesday.
- The opening exchanges were evenly matched but the visitor eventually made the breakthrough on 25 minutes.
- More than 140 attendees observed the opening remarks, made in a spacious conference centre.
- The fact that he was chosen at centre fort Ireland's opening match down under highlights his all-round ability.
- It is just reward for two years of hard work for Handley, who was disappointed to be left out of the side for Britain's opening two matches.
- Newbridge shared the points with North Kildare in this opening league match of the season, played at Rosetown.
- He justified his inclusion on the British Lions tour of Australia in the summer, scoring a try in the opening test match in Adelaide which the Lions won.
- The remaining places in the main draw will be filled through the qualifying matches on the opening three days of the competition.

Definition of opening in US English:

opening

nounˈoʊp(ə)nɪŋˈōp(ə)niNG

1An aperture or gap, especially one allowing access.
she peered through one of the smaller openings
Example sentencesExamples
- She brought Ross in on the project, and he designed the slightly conical space with window openings positioned in relation to astronomical movements.
- Steel framing allows for longer wall openings and glass comers, working with the single-loaded plan to ventilate the house with ocean breezes.
- I position the chains to allow a slight opening, big enough for my hand to slip through and retrieve a small jar of honey.
- The conductors on the substrates include end portions having bonding vias formed therethrough in alignment with access openings in the substrates.
- Original internal features include the kilns, low ceiling heights between floors, steeping tanks and shutter mechanisms for window openings.
- But there is no direct evidence that the fresh air supply opening was in fact blocked in any way on this occasion.
- Before birth, babies don't breathe through their lungs and this opening allows blood to flow freely through the heart.
- Metaphorically, the mass is supposed to have been eroded by time and weather, so revealing its strata, and allowing openings to be created for access and light.
- Assistance in installing the new tubing may be provided by minimally invasive surgical access openings in the patient's chest.
- Think of a fly trying to get out of a window with a narrow opening.
- After a certain amount of toing and froing with the national park, we agreed on sandstone for the new window openings.
- Patio doors and glass openings provide visual access to the water.
- Other researchers took imprints of the plant's surface to look for tiny openings that would allow the fragrance to escape, and tissue samples to study biochemistry.
- Double zipper openings allow easy entry and exit of casualties.
- Place windows and openings along the sidewalk.
- This was the opening of the secret passage leading to her own room on the third floor.
- The metal facade framing the unit has sculptural openings that allow air to circulate around the firebox.
- It is clad entirely in shiny corrugated metal - even window openings have perforated metal outer skins.
- Inside a group could gather, it would be comfortable for two and you could see the stars through the round opening in the roof.
- He stops and stares, obviously stunned at seeing the opening of the hidden passage.
- At the time, the mill building was an empty shell stripped back to its stone walls and with the window openings blocked over with corrugated iron.
- The garden will also have two new openings to give greater access to the precinct and act as a walkway between Pickwick Road South and the extended supermarket.
- The design of the diaphragms took into account the openings required for access ladders and an elevator that will take visitors from the base of one leg of the tower to the observation area.
- He was just standing there, in the small space at the small opening by my room.
- The light source is projected over the sample surface onto the opening of aperture 2.
- And the handle's efficiently designed openings allow a good view of the work.
- The opening of the airway allowed the Marine to get the oxygen needed to survive.
- This moist, cool, and heavy air then falls down the shafts and into the living spaces through the door openings at the bottom.
- Just as an opening in traffic came along she was knocked in the shoulder roughly by a passer by.
- I throw myself out the opening and sprint along the min-corridor into the main room again.
- In reviewing these codes, one finds no prescriptions for preventing child access to laundry chute openings.
- Construction is of rendered rubble walls, with brick features around window and door openings, brick quoins and a pitched slated roof.
- The trousers have seat and knee patches, pass through pockets, and zippered leg openings to allow easy donning and doffing without removing the footwear.
- It also plays a crucial symbolic role merely through its function as an opening for the passage of light.
- Contractors differ on the methods they use to determine the location of roof and ceiling openings in homes with attics or crawl spaces.
- Heavy sliding steel grilles screen the openings, but also allow views into the entrance hall beyond.
- Above all, the female body was assumed to be moulded, enclosed: all openings sealed, all passage denied.
- The ground floor needs 14 window openings made with sandstone surrounds.
- Wide root openings allow teeth to quickly replace tooth material lost through intense chewing.
- During fetal development, this opening allows blood in the fetus to bypass the lungs.
Synonyms
hole, gap, aperture, space, orifice, vent, slot, window, crack, slit, gash, split, fissure, perforation, cleft, crevice, cut, incision, rent, cavity, cranny, groove, chink, eye, mouth
doorway, gateway, portal, way, entrance, entry, entryway, means of entry, way in, entrée, access, means of access, exit, egress, way out
2A beginning; an initial part.
Maya started tapping out the opening of her story
Example sentencesExamples
- I remember at school when I was set homework assignments for English and we had to write about a page of writing for openings of horror stories.
- Good openings might include a story, a camper situation that they might have to deal with, a staff!
- Let me quote a short part of his guessing-game, prefaced by his usual opening.
- The opening and title story makes it very clear that every word counts, and must be weighed for meaning, both obvious and hidden.
- But everything you pointed out in the opening is exactly what's taking place in the city.
- Its slowburning choppy intro starts like the opening to a Jewish hymn, before the entire band bursts into a kaleidoscopic sound addiction.
- This proposition was most overtly put in the arrangement of the opening of The Dawn of Photography.
- During the big pauses between each of the short, sobbing phrases at the opening of the Tristan prelude, you could have heard a pin drop.
- Immediately Ron launched into the opening of ‘This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us’.
- Also, the opening to the story wasn't written by either me or my friend.
- The morning news speaks of battlefield deaths and capture, reminding us that easy, unopposed openings do not tell the complete story of a war.
- My old habits took over and I started my usual openings with small talk.
Synonyms
beginning, start, outset, inception, launch, birth, dawn
1. 2.1 The occasion of a play, exhibition, public building, etc. being declared open or ready for use, marked by a celebratory gathering or ceremony.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Large crowds were gathered to celebrate the opening of a new sewage plant, another step along the road of reconstruction.
  Children at the Morden school had double cause for celebration with the opening of a building extension on Wednesday.
  The official opening will take place on Tuesday 16 and the library will be open to the public on Thursday 18.
  Working with a gallery also provides opportunities for shows, openings, announcements and newspaper or magazine articles.
  After the ceremonial opening, a hymn should be read from the Guru Granth Sahib.
  Anyway, I agreed to have the work ready for the opening of the Autumn Show in September.
  A pageant of pupils celebrated their school's history as they welcomed the opening of its new building.
  One of the most lavish official openings in recent times took place last Saturday when the new Golden Meadows Retirement Village was completed and is now available for business.
  Nine staff members celebrated the opening by cutting a ribbon and cracking open a bottle of champagne.
  A dozen talented children from all over the Stratford area are making ready for the opening of a new musical, Alice!
  The Upper Eden Cycling Club turned out in force to celebrate the opening of the centre and following the ceremony headed off to Hawes for a round cycle route.
  Friday saw the official opening of Co-operative Bulk Handling's facility upgrade at Northampton.
  Recently a number of people gathered together for a ceremony for the opening of ‘the gate’.
  Minister McCreevy said that the opening of the centre would provide an opportunity for the people of Athy to look forward.
  Those with the stamina could join in the colloquium of sages held every morning or tour the art exhibitions and special openings of historic buildings in half a dozen sites around the city.
  The official opening of the centre will be held next September.
  Minister of State Martin Cullen unveiled a wall plaque in the foyer of the new Employment Centre to mark its official opening.
  A double opening will offer new paintings by Aaron Hill entitled Inheritance.
  From crips autumn apples to hot Broadway openings, the season offers treats for every taste.
  They can't really celebrate the opening of the building without the architect.
  Synonyms
  opening ceremony, official opening, launch, initiation, inauguration, institution, foundation, establishment, setting up, formation, constitution, opening night, premiere, first night, first showing
2. 2.2Chess A recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In 2000 I earned an expert's rating by playing aggressive chess openings.
  Because this opening is a mainstay in the repertoires of tens of thousands of amateurs.
  He also did a credible job of outlining the main ideas of this opening in the introduction.
  If you are looking for an offbeat new opening, this book may be the answer to your dreams.
  The idea is that one can play this opening without having to memorize a great number of lines.
3. 2.3 An attorney's preliminary statement of a case in a court of law.
  Example sentencesExamples
  There had been an opening made by senior counsel for the appellant which disclosed certain aspects of the defence case.
  There were to be full oral openings by all parties projected to occupy four weeks at the start of the trial.
  The jury was empanelled, and counsel for the Crown began his opening, which was not completed on the first day.
  Of course, so it had been, in the passage of the pleadings to which I took your Honours in my opening.
  It was, however, mentioned in the opening of counsel for Wang.
  Synonyms
  introduction, preamble, opening remarks, prefatory remarks, formalities
4. 2.4US An open piece of ground in a wooded area; a clearing.
  I reached an opening in the forest
  Example sentencesExamples
  They prefer areas with scattered openings rather than large tracts of unbroken forest.
  The trees will be planted in small natural openings and areas ravaged by fires or logging.
  The trees began to thin around their path, and it soon led into a great opening.
  They generally breed in wet areas or other openings near the tree line.
  Forest openings and clearings and agricultural areas are also good habitat for the Western Bluebird.
  We hacked and slashed our way through the forest until we reached a huge opening.
3An opportunity to achieve something.
they seem to have exploited fully the openings offered
Example sentencesExamples
- Active travel between life's new stages creates new openings, new chances.
- Do you get the sense that this newfound attention towards Canadian bands in the States has also offered any openings towards hip-hop artists like yourself?
- The prices being paid for existing businesses and the rents being offered for new openings are in many cases unsustainable.
- It may be an ideal opening for someone who has never had an opportunity to try out for the small screen but would love to find out more.
- Don't close the door on the majority of the openings and career opportunities that are out there.
- Karl stood and put both hands on the table, realizing Sara had created the opening for his offer.
- A top forty single would fit the bill nicely, and would offer openings into all kinds of other stuff - most notably magickal stuff.
- But he almost never treats it at face value, preferring to allow interpretive openings into this method of interpretation.
- Both these openings offer defense against a German strike into Munich and the easy opportunity to pick up both Iberian supply centers in 1901.
- So it's almost like there is an opening, an opportunity, to communicate with the spirit world.
- Entrepreneurs with an eye for opportunities have seized on openings offered by the JFPM to create their own niche markets in the complex.
- Once one learns to become unpredictable, all kinds of openings and opportunities present themselves.
- As of late she hadn't spoken about Casey; and I haven't offered her an opening to do so.
- Yet the opening to the West offered by the EU could bring huge economic benefits to Iran.
- You and Gabrielle can see opportunities and openings that we can't, and you're both fast enough to take them.
- He had spotted that when Louis threw his left jab, he tended to drop his guard, leaving an opening that might be exploited.
- It is my opinion that Hashem uses every possible opening to allow the world to love Him.
- They haven't had many openings that are this opportune for them, and so they're naturally taking it, and you know, one can't blame them, that's politics.
- The transitions to democracy and the openings they appeared to offer were another source.
- The circulating libraries offered new openings for sales, and the rising success of periodicals provided more work until well into the 20th cent.
Synonyms
opportunity, chance, favourable moment, favourable occasion, favourable time, right set of circumstances, moment, occasion, window, window of opportunity, possibility, turn, time
1. 3.1 An available job or position.
  an opening for a professional engineer in the public works department
  Example sentencesExamples
  I was hired because those most concerned wanted a vigorous lecturer to fill the available opening.
  What jobs seem to have the most openings in your area?
  Yes, there is life even after retirement with plenty of openings in ship building industry and shipping lines.
  The cost of a public school and university education was high for middle-class families, and there was increased competition for available openings in the professions.
  When an opening became available on his staff, Foster offered Williams a job as assistant coach.
  It is the construction industry which has openings for professional and graduate level entrants, from engineers to architects to craft roles, such as building and painting and decorating.
  I am writing to enquire for any possible openings in your firm.
  Our behind the scenes volunteer staff is pretty full right now, but there is always a chance that an opening will arrive.
  Local students or students not requiring travel assistance can apply for the Volunteer Program if openings are available.
  In a nutshell, students can post their resumes on the system and employers can post job openings.
  The good press, usually driven by the local population, hails new job openings and increased availability of a multitude of products at affordable prices.
  Fortunately, an opening became available in the employer's parts department and he was afforded that job.
  There are many good openings available, and relatively few bad ones.
  I'll be looking for new openings eventually, and will start ramping up my freelancing as of today.
  Most chains advertise the available openings in newspapers.
  There were no professional openings available to me in Scotland at the time.
  Chiu said the remaining 7,828 openings are available to young men aged between 18 and 27.
  Todd Brun has put together a list of faculty openings and postdoctoral positions available in quantum information processing.
  The following tips might help bridge the gap IL between available workers and job openings.
  The site contains listings for job openings that have been posted with the country's federal labour office and are linked to job exchanges.
  Synonyms
  vacancy, position, job, opportunity

adjectiveˈoʊp(ə)nɪŋˈōp(ə)niNG

attributive Coming at the beginning of something; initial.
she stole the show with her opening remark
Example sentencesExamples
- He justified his inclusion on the British Lions tour of Australia in the summer, scoring a try in the opening test match in Adelaide which the Lions won.
- The fact that he was chosen at centre fort Ireland's opening match down under highlights his all-round ability.
- He hinted that his team could take both matches on the opening day but he said that he would not let his players be pressured by overly high hopes.
- More than 140 attendees observed the opening remarks, made in a spacious conference centre.
- The sides were evenly matched for the opening thirty minutes with the winners only having a three point lead at the interval.
- The opening match was a lesson that will be recorded in World Cup history; everyone has learned something.
- The remaining places in the main draw will be filled through the qualifying matches on the opening three days of the competition.
- The competition commenced on the eve of India's opening match against Holland.
- A number of myths are likely to have been dispelled almost as soon as Friday's opening match between France and Senegal has been completed.
- He may have been high and wide with the free but he knew how to find the back of the net for the opening goal of the match less than sixty seconds later.
- They also contested the opening match of the inaugural Asian test championship at Calcutta.
- Indeed, they might have won the league too but for losing their opening two matches and then going the remainder of the trip undefeated.
- In my opening remarks at the beginning of the hearing I drew attention to this.
- The opening exchanges were evenly matched but the visitor eventually made the breakthrough on 25 minutes.
- A giant screen would be in place to telecast India's opening match with Holland.
- Fans had packed pubs across the district, turning them into a sea of red and white shirts and St George's flags to watch England's opening match.
- Not that endless hours of blissful slumber prevented him nodding off during his team's opening match against Japan on Tuesday.
- The home side started brightly and they did have the visitors defence under real pressure during the opening minutes of the match.
- It is just reward for two years of hard work for Handley, who was disappointed to be left out of the side for Britain's opening two matches.
- Newbridge shared the points with North Kildare in this opening league match of the season, played at Rosetown.

单词	opening
释义	Definition of opening in English: opening noun ˈəʊp(ə)nɪŋˈoʊp(ə)nɪŋ 1A space or gap that allows passage or access. an opening in the roof would get rid of the smoke Example sentencesExamples Just as an opening in traffic came along she was knocked in the shoulder roughly by a passer by. She brought Ross in on the project, and he designed the slightly conical space with window openings positioned in relation to astronomical movements. The design of the diaphragms took into account the openings required for access ladders and an elevator that will take visitors from the base of one leg of the tower to the observation area. The conductors on the substrates include end portions having bonding vias formed therethrough in alignment with access openings in the substrates. And the handle's efficiently designed openings allow a good view of the work. The ground floor needs 14 window openings made with sandstone surrounds. Metaphorically, the mass is supposed to have been eroded by time and weather, so revealing its strata, and allowing openings to be created for access and light. I throw myself out the opening and sprint along the min-corridor into the main room again. Construction is of rendered rubble walls, with brick features around window and door openings, brick quoins and a pitched slated roof. Original internal features include the kilns, low ceiling heights between floors, steeping tanks and shutter mechanisms for window openings. He was just standing there, in the small space at the small opening by my room. The garden will also have two new openings to give greater access to the precinct and act as a walkway between Pickwick Road South and the extended supermarket. This was the opening of the secret passage leading to her own room on the third floor. Think of a fly trying to get out of a window with a narrow opening. During fetal development, this opening allows blood in the fetus to bypass the lungs. Other researchers took imprints of the plant's surface to look for tiny openings that would allow the fragrance to escape, and tissue samples to study biochemistry. In reviewing these codes, one finds no prescriptions for preventing child access to laundry chute openings. Contractors differ on the methods they use to determine the location of roof and ceiling openings in homes with attics or crawl spaces. Assistance in installing the new tubing may be provided by minimally invasive surgical access openings in the patient's chest. The trousers have seat and knee patches, pass through pockets, and zippered leg openings to allow easy donning and doffing without removing the footwear. After a certain amount of toing and froing with the national park, we agreed on sandstone for the new window openings. At the time, the mill building was an empty shell stripped back to its stone walls and with the window openings blocked over with corrugated iron. It is clad entirely in shiny corrugated metal - even window openings have perforated metal outer skins. Above all, the female body was assumed to be moulded, enclosed: all openings sealed, all passage denied. Before birth, babies don't breathe through their lungs and this opening allows blood to flow freely through the heart. He stops and stares, obviously stunned at seeing the opening of the hidden passage. The light source is projected over the sample surface onto the opening of aperture 2. The opening of the airway allowed the Marine to get the oxygen needed to survive. Place windows and openings along the sidewalk. Steel framing allows for longer wall openings and glass comers, working with the single-loaded plan to ventilate the house with ocean breezes. Inside a group could gather, it would be comfortable for two and you could see the stars through the round opening in the roof. Patio doors and glass openings provide visual access to the water. I position the chains to allow a slight opening, big enough for my hand to slip through and retrieve a small jar of honey. This moist, cool, and heavy air then falls down the shafts and into the living spaces through the door openings at the bottom. It also plays a crucial symbolic role merely through its function as an opening for the passage of light. Heavy sliding steel grilles screen the openings, but also allow views into the entrance hall beyond. Double zipper openings allow easy entry and exit of casualties. The metal facade framing the unit has sculptural openings that allow air to circulate around the firebox. Wide root openings allow teeth to quickly replace tooth material lost through intense chewing. But there is no direct evidence that the fresh air supply opening was in fact blocked in any way on this occasion. Synonyms hole, gap, aperture, space, orifice, vent, slot, window, crack, slit, gash, split, fissure, perforation, cleft, crevice, cut, incision, rent, cavity, cranny, groove, chink, eye, mouth loophole, spyhole, peephole, judas interstice Medicine hiatus, foramen doorway, gateway, portal, way, entrance, entry, entryway, means of entry, way in, entrée, access, means of access, exit, egress, way out 2A beginning; an initial part. Maya started tapping out the opening of her story Example sentencesExamples Its slowburning choppy intro starts like the opening to a Jewish hymn, before the entire band bursts into a kaleidoscopic sound addiction. Immediately Ron launched into the opening of ‘This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us’. During the big pauses between each of the short, sobbing phrases at the opening of the Tristan prelude, you could have heard a pin drop. My old habits took over and I started my usual openings with small talk. Good openings might include a story, a camper situation that they might have to deal with, a staff! But everything you pointed out in the opening is exactly what's taking place in the city. I remember at school when I was set homework assignments for English and we had to write about a page of writing for openings of horror stories. The opening and title story makes it very clear that every word counts, and must be weighed for meaning, both obvious and hidden. Let me quote a short part of his guessing-game, prefaced by his usual opening. This proposition was most overtly put in the arrangement of the opening of The Dawn of Photography. Also, the opening to the story wasn't written by either me or my friend. The morning news speaks of battlefield deaths and capture, reminding us that easy, unopposed openings do not tell the complete story of a war. Synonyms beginning, start, outset, inception, launch, birth, dawn introduction, preliminary, preface, prelude, foreword, preamble, prefatory remarks, opening statement, opening remarks, prologue informal kick-off formal commencement rare proem, prolegomenon 2.1 A ceremony or celebratory gathering at which a building, show, etc. is declared to be open. I covered the opening of a new computerized diagnosis unit Example sentencesExamples Nine staff members celebrated the opening by cutting a ribbon and cracking open a bottle of champagne. Recently a number of people gathered together for a ceremony for the opening of ‘the gate’. A dozen talented children from all over the Stratford area are making ready for the opening of a new musical, Alice! Friday saw the official opening of Co-operative Bulk Handling's facility upgrade at Northampton. The official opening of the centre will be held next September. They can't really celebrate the opening of the building without the architect. A double opening will offer new paintings by Aaron Hill entitled Inheritance. Those with the stamina could join in the colloquium of sages held every morning or tour the art exhibitions and special openings of historic buildings in half a dozen sites around the city. Minister of State Martin Cullen unveiled a wall plaque in the foyer of the new Employment Centre to mark its official opening. Large crowds were gathered to celebrate the opening of a new sewage plant, another step along the road of reconstruction. Children at the Morden school had double cause for celebration with the opening of a building extension on Wednesday. The official opening will take place on Tuesday 16 and the library will be open to the public on Thursday 18. Minister McCreevy said that the opening of the centre would provide an opportunity for the people of Athy to look forward. After the ceremonial opening, a hymn should be read from the Guru Granth Sahib. Anyway, I agreed to have the work ready for the opening of the Autumn Show in September. A pageant of pupils celebrated their school's history as they welcomed the opening of its new building. From crips autumn apples to hot Broadway openings, the season offers treats for every taste. One of the most lavish official openings in recent times took place last Saturday when the new Golden Meadows Retirement Village was completed and is now available for business. The Upper Eden Cycling Club turned out in force to celebrate the opening of the centre and following the ceremony headed off to Hawes for a round cycle route. Working with a gallery also provides opportunities for shows, openings, announcements and newspaper or magazine articles. Synonyms opening ceremony, official opening, launch, initiation, inauguration, institution, foundation, establishment, setting up, formation, constitution, opening night, premiere, first night, first showing private view, vernissage 2.2Chess A recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game. Example sentencesExamples In 2000 I earned an expert's rating by playing aggressive chess openings. Because this opening is a mainstay in the repertoires of tens of thousands of amateurs. He also did a credible job of outlining the main ideas of this opening in the introduction. The idea is that one can play this opening without having to memorize a great number of lines. If you are looking for an offbeat new opening, this book may be the answer to your dreams. 2.3 A counsel's preliminary statement of a case in a law court. Example sentencesExamples Of course, so it had been, in the passage of the pleadings to which I took your Honours in my opening. The jury was empanelled, and counsel for the Crown began his opening, which was not completed on the first day. It was, however, mentioned in the opening of counsel for Wang. There had been an opening made by senior counsel for the appellant which disclosed certain aspects of the defence case. There were to be full oral openings by all parties projected to occupy four weeks at the start of the trial. Synonyms introduction, preamble, opening remarks, prefatory remarks, formalities 3An opportunity to achieve something. they seem to have exploited fully the openings offered Example sentencesExamples Don't close the door on the majority of the openings and career opportunities that are out there. Active travel between life's new stages creates new openings, new chances. So it's almost like there is an opening, an opportunity, to communicate with the spirit world. It may be an ideal opening for someone who has never had an opportunity to try out for the small screen but would love to find out more. Entrepreneurs with an eye for opportunities have seized on openings offered by the JFPM to create their own niche markets in the complex. Once one learns to become unpredictable, all kinds of openings and opportunities present themselves. But he almost never treats it at face value, preferring to allow interpretive openings into this method of interpretation. A top forty single would fit the bill nicely, and would offer openings into all kinds of other stuff - most notably magickal stuff. It is my opinion that Hashem uses every possible opening to allow the world to love Him. He had spotted that when Louis threw his left jab, he tended to drop his guard, leaving an opening that might be exploited. Do you get the sense that this newfound attention towards Canadian bands in the States has also offered any openings towards hip-hop artists like yourself? As of late she hadn't spoken about Casey; and I haven't offered her an opening to do so. Yet the opening to the West offered by the EU could bring huge economic benefits to Iran. The circulating libraries offered new openings for sales, and the rising success of periodicals provided more work until well into the 20th cent. Karl stood and put both hands on the table, realizing Sara had created the opening for his offer. They haven't had many openings that are this opportune for them, and so they're naturally taking it, and you know, one can't blame them, that's politics. The transitions to democracy and the openings they appeared to offer were another source. Both these openings offer defense against a German strike into Munich and the easy opportunity to pick up both Iberian supply centers in 1901. The prices being paid for existing businesses and the rents being offered for new openings are in many cases unsustainable. You and Gabrielle can see opportunities and openings that we can't, and you're both fast enough to take them. Synonyms opportunity, chance, favourable time/occasion/moment, right set of circumstances, moment, occasion, window (of opportunity), possibility, turn, time informal break, lucky break, shot 3.1 An available job. there are few openings for the ex-footballer Example sentencesExamples I'll be looking for new openings eventually, and will start ramping up my freelancing as of today. There were no professional openings available to me in Scotland at the time. Most chains advertise the available openings in newspapers. When an opening became available on his staff, Foster offered Williams a job as assistant coach. I am writing to enquire for any possible openings in your firm. Yes, there is life even after retirement with plenty of openings in ship building industry and shipping lines. I was hired because those most concerned wanted a vigorous lecturer to fill the available opening. What jobs seem to have the most openings in your area? The good press, usually driven by the local population, hails new job openings and increased availability of a multitude of products at affordable prices. Our behind the scenes volunteer staff is pretty full right now, but there is always a chance that an opening will arrive. Local students or students not requiring travel assistance can apply for the Volunteer Program if openings are available. The following tips might help bridge the gap IL between available workers and job openings. Chiu said the remaining 7,828 openings are available to young men aged between 18 and 27. The site contains listings for job openings that have been posted with the country's federal labour office and are linked to job exchanges. There are many good openings available, and relatively few bad ones. Fortunately, an opening became available in the employer's parts department and he was afforded that job. In a nutshell, students can post their resumes on the system and employers can post job openings. The cost of a public school and university education was high for middle-class families, and there was increased competition for available openings in the professions. Todd Brun has put together a list of faculty openings and postdoctoral positions available in quantum information processing. It is the construction industry which has openings for professional and graduate level entrants, from engineers to architects to craft roles, such as building and painting and decorating. Synonyms vacancy, position, job, opportunity adjective ˈəʊp(ə)nɪŋˈoʊp(ə)nɪŋ attributive Coming at the beginning of something; initial. she stole the show with her opening remark Example sentencesExamples Indeed, they might have won the league too but for losing their opening two matches and then going the remainder of the trip undefeated. Fans had packed pubs across the district, turning them into a sea of red and white shirts and St George's flags to watch England's opening match. The sides were evenly matched for the opening thirty minutes with the winners only having a three point lead at the interval. He may have been high and wide with the free but he knew how to find the back of the net for the opening goal of the match less than sixty seconds later. A number of myths are likely to have been dispelled almost as soon as Friday's opening match between France and Senegal has been completed. The home side started brightly and they did have the visitors defence under real pressure during the opening minutes of the match. In my opening remarks at the beginning of the hearing I drew attention to this. They also contested the opening match of the inaugural Asian test championship at Calcutta. A giant screen would be in place to telecast India's opening match with Holland. The competition commenced on the eve of India's opening match against Holland. The opening match was a lesson that will be recorded in World Cup history; everyone has learned something. He hinted that his team could take both matches on the opening day but he said that he would not let his players be pressured by overly high hopes. Not that endless hours of blissful slumber prevented him nodding off during his team's opening match against Japan on Tuesday. The opening exchanges were evenly matched but the visitor eventually made the breakthrough on 25 minutes. More than 140 attendees observed the opening remarks, made in a spacious conference centre. The fact that he was chosen at centre fort Ireland's opening match down under highlights his all-round ability. It is just reward for two years of hard work for Handley, who was disappointed to be left out of the side for Britain's opening two matches. Newbridge shared the points with North Kildare in this opening league match of the season, played at Rosetown. He justified his inclusion on the British Lions tour of Australia in the summer, scoring a try in the opening test match in Adelaide which the Lions won. The remaining places in the main draw will be filled through the qualifying matches on the opening three days of the competition. Definition of opening in US English: opening nounˈoʊp(ə)nɪŋˈōp(ə)niNG 1An aperture or gap, especially one allowing access. she peered through one of the smaller openings Example sentencesExamples She brought Ross in on the project, and he designed the slightly conical space with window openings positioned in relation to astronomical movements. Steel framing allows for longer wall openings and glass comers, working with the single-loaded plan to ventilate the house with ocean breezes. I position the chains to allow a slight opening, big enough for my hand to slip through and retrieve a small jar of honey. The conductors on the substrates include end portions having bonding vias formed therethrough in alignment with access openings in the substrates. Original internal features include the kilns, low ceiling heights between floors, steeping tanks and shutter mechanisms for window openings. But there is no direct evidence that the fresh air supply opening was in fact blocked in any way on this occasion. Before birth, babies don't breathe through their lungs and this opening allows blood to flow freely through the heart. Metaphorically, the mass is supposed to have been eroded by time and weather, so revealing its strata, and allowing openings to be created for access and light. Assistance in installing the new tubing may be provided by minimally invasive surgical access openings in the patient's chest. Think of a fly trying to get out of a window with a narrow opening. After a certain amount of toing and froing with the national park, we agreed on sandstone for the new window openings. Patio doors and glass openings provide visual access to the water. Other researchers took imprints of the plant's surface to look for tiny openings that would allow the fragrance to escape, and tissue samples to study biochemistry. Double zipper openings allow easy entry and exit of casualties. Place windows and openings along the sidewalk. This was the opening of the secret passage leading to her own room on the third floor. The metal facade framing the unit has sculptural openings that allow air to circulate around the firebox. It is clad entirely in shiny corrugated metal - even window openings have perforated metal outer skins. Inside a group could gather, it would be comfortable for two and you could see the stars through the round opening in the roof. He stops and stares, obviously stunned at seeing the opening of the hidden passage. At the time, the mill building was an empty shell stripped back to its stone walls and with the window openings blocked over with corrugated iron. The garden will also have two new openings to give greater access to the precinct and act as a walkway between Pickwick Road South and the extended supermarket. The design of the diaphragms took into account the openings required for access ladders and an elevator that will take visitors from the base of one leg of the tower to the observation area. He was just standing there, in the small space at the small opening by my room. The light source is projected over the sample surface onto the opening of aperture 2. And the handle's efficiently designed openings allow a good view of the work. The opening of the airway allowed the Marine to get the oxygen needed to survive. This moist, cool, and heavy air then falls down the shafts and into the living spaces through the door openings at the bottom. Just as an opening in traffic came along she was knocked in the shoulder roughly by a passer by. I throw myself out the opening and sprint along the min-corridor into the main room again. In reviewing these codes, one finds no prescriptions for preventing child access to laundry chute openings. Construction is of rendered rubble walls, with brick features around window and door openings, brick quoins and a pitched slated roof. The trousers have seat and knee patches, pass through pockets, and zippered leg openings to allow easy donning and doffing without removing the footwear. It also plays a crucial symbolic role merely through its function as an opening for the passage of light. Contractors differ on the methods they use to determine the location of roof and ceiling openings in homes with attics or crawl spaces. Heavy sliding steel grilles screen the openings, but also allow views into the entrance hall beyond. Above all, the female body was assumed to be moulded, enclosed: all openings sealed, all passage denied. The ground floor needs 14 window openings made with sandstone surrounds. Wide root openings allow teeth to quickly replace tooth material lost through intense chewing. During fetal development, this opening allows blood in the fetus to bypass the lungs. Synonyms hole, gap, aperture, space, orifice, vent, slot, window, crack, slit, gash, split, fissure, perforation, cleft, crevice, cut, incision, rent, cavity, cranny, groove, chink, eye, mouth doorway, gateway, portal, way, entrance, entry, entryway, means of entry, way in, entrée, access, means of access, exit, egress, way out 2A beginning; an initial part. Maya started tapping out the opening of her story Example sentencesExamples I remember at school when I was set homework assignments for English and we had to write about a page of writing for openings of horror stories. Good openings might include a story, a camper situation that they might have to deal with, a staff! Let me quote a short part of his guessing-game, prefaced by his usual opening. The opening and title story makes it very clear that every word counts, and must be weighed for meaning, both obvious and hidden. But everything you pointed out in the opening is exactly what's taking place in the city. Its slowburning choppy intro starts like the opening to a Jewish hymn, before the entire band bursts into a kaleidoscopic sound addiction. This proposition was most overtly put in the arrangement of the opening of The Dawn of Photography. During the big pauses between each of the short, sobbing phrases at the opening of the Tristan prelude, you could have heard a pin drop. Immediately Ron launched into the opening of ‘This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us’. Also, the opening to the story wasn't written by either me or my friend. The morning news speaks of battlefield deaths and capture, reminding us that easy, unopposed openings do not tell the complete story of a war. My old habits took over and I started my usual openings with small talk. Synonyms beginning, start, outset, inception, launch, birth, dawn 2.1 The occasion of a play, exhibition, public building, etc. being declared open or ready for use, marked by a celebratory gathering or ceremony. Example sentencesExamples Large crowds were gathered to celebrate the opening of a new sewage plant, another step along the road of reconstruction. Children at the Morden school had double cause for celebration with the opening of a building extension on Wednesday. The official opening will take place on Tuesday 16 and the library will be open to the public on Thursday 18. Working with a gallery also provides opportunities for shows, openings, announcements and newspaper or magazine articles. After the ceremonial opening, a hymn should be read from the Guru Granth Sahib. Anyway, I agreed to have the work ready for the opening of the Autumn Show in September. A pageant of pupils celebrated their school's history as they welcomed the opening of its new building. One of the most lavish official openings in recent times took place last Saturday when the new Golden Meadows Retirement Village was completed and is now available for business. Nine staff members celebrated the opening by cutting a ribbon and cracking open a bottle of champagne. A dozen talented children from all over the Stratford area are making ready for the opening of a new musical, Alice! The Upper Eden Cycling Club turned out in force to celebrate the opening of the centre and following the ceremony headed off to Hawes for a round cycle route. Friday saw the official opening of Co-operative Bulk Handling's facility upgrade at Northampton. Recently a number of people gathered together for a ceremony for the opening of ‘the gate’. Minister McCreevy said that the opening of the centre would provide an opportunity for the people of Athy to look forward. Those with the stamina could join in the colloquium of sages held every morning or tour the art exhibitions and special openings of historic buildings in half a dozen sites around the city. The official opening of the centre will be held next September. Minister of State Martin Cullen unveiled a wall plaque in the foyer of the new Employment Centre to mark its official opening. A double opening will offer new paintings by Aaron Hill entitled Inheritance. From crips autumn apples to hot Broadway openings, the season offers treats for every taste. They can't really celebrate the opening of the building without the architect. Synonyms opening ceremony, official opening, launch, initiation, inauguration, institution, foundation, establishment, setting up, formation, constitution, opening night, premiere, first night, first showing 2.2Chess A recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game. Example sentencesExamples In 2000 I earned an expert's rating by playing aggressive chess openings. Because this opening is a mainstay in the repertoires of tens of thousands of amateurs. He also did a credible job of outlining the main ideas of this opening in the introduction. If you are looking for an offbeat new opening, this book may be the answer to your dreams. The idea is that one can play this opening without having to memorize a great number of lines. 2.3 An attorney's preliminary statement of a case in a court of law. Example sentencesExamples There had been an opening made by senior counsel for the appellant which disclosed certain aspects of the defence case. There were to be full oral openings by all parties projected to occupy four weeks at the start of the trial. The jury was empanelled, and counsel for the Crown began his opening, which was not completed on the first day. Of course, so it had been, in the passage of the pleadings to which I took your Honours in my opening. It was, however, mentioned in the opening of counsel for Wang. Synonyms introduction, preamble, opening remarks, prefatory remarks, formalities 2.4US An open piece of ground in a wooded area; a clearing. I reached an opening in the forest Example sentencesExamples They prefer areas with scattered openings rather than large tracts of unbroken forest. The trees will be planted in small natural openings and areas ravaged by fires or logging. The trees began to thin around their path, and it soon led into a great opening. They generally breed in wet areas or other openings near the tree line. Forest openings and clearings and agricultural areas are also good habitat for the Western Bluebird. We hacked and slashed our way through the forest until we reached a huge opening. 3An opportunity to achieve something. they seem to have exploited fully the openings offered Example sentencesExamples Active travel between life's new stages creates new openings, new chances. Do you get the sense that this newfound attention towards Canadian bands in the States has also offered any openings towards hip-hop artists like yourself? The prices being paid for existing businesses and the rents being offered for new openings are in many cases unsustainable. It may be an ideal opening for someone who has never had an opportunity to try out for the small screen but would love to find out more. Don't close the door on the majority of the openings and career opportunities that are out there. Karl stood and put both hands on the table, realizing Sara had created the opening for his offer. A top forty single would fit the bill nicely, and would offer openings into all kinds of other stuff - most notably magickal stuff. But he almost never treats it at face value, preferring to allow interpretive openings into this method of interpretation. Both these openings offer defense against a German strike into Munich and the easy opportunity to pick up both Iberian supply centers in 1901. So it's almost like there is an opening, an opportunity, to communicate with the spirit world. Entrepreneurs with an eye for opportunities have seized on openings offered by the JFPM to create their own niche markets in the complex. Once one learns to become unpredictable, all kinds of openings and opportunities present themselves. As of late she hadn't spoken about Casey; and I haven't offered her an opening to do so. Yet the opening to the West offered by the EU could bring huge economic benefits to Iran. You and Gabrielle can see opportunities and openings that we can't, and you're both fast enough to take them. He had spotted that when Louis threw his left jab, he tended to drop his guard, leaving an opening that might be exploited. It is my opinion that Hashem uses every possible opening to allow the world to love Him. They haven't had many openings that are this opportune for them, and so they're naturally taking it, and you know, one can't blame them, that's politics. The transitions to democracy and the openings they appeared to offer were another source. The circulating libraries offered new openings for sales, and the rising success of periodicals provided more work until well into the 20th cent. Synonyms opportunity, chance, favourable moment, favourable occasion, favourable time, right set of circumstances, moment, occasion, window, window of opportunity, possibility, turn, time 3.1 An available job or position. an opening for a professional engineer in the public works department Example sentencesExamples I was hired because those most concerned wanted a vigorous lecturer to fill the available opening. What jobs seem to have the most openings in your area? Yes, there is life even after retirement with plenty of openings in ship building industry and shipping lines. The cost of a public school and university education was high for middle-class families, and there was increased competition for available openings in the professions. When an opening became available on his staff, Foster offered Williams a job as assistant coach. It is the construction industry which has openings for professional and graduate level entrants, from engineers to architects to craft roles, such as building and painting and decorating. I am writing to enquire for any possible openings in your firm. Our behind the scenes volunteer staff is pretty full right now, but there is always a chance that an opening will arrive. Local students or students not requiring travel assistance can apply for the Volunteer Program if openings are available. In a nutshell, students can post their resumes on the system and employers can post job openings. The good press, usually driven by the local population, hails new job openings and increased availability of a multitude of products at affordable prices. Fortunately, an opening became available in the employer's parts department and he was afforded that job. There are many good openings available, and relatively few bad ones. I'll be looking for new openings eventually, and will start ramping up my freelancing as of today. Most chains advertise the available openings in newspapers. There were no professional openings available to me in Scotland at the time. Chiu said the remaining 7,828 openings are available to young men aged between 18 and 27. Todd Brun has put together a list of faculty openings and postdoctoral positions available in quantum information processing. The following tips might help bridge the gap IL between available workers and job openings. The site contains listings for job openings that have been posted with the country's federal labour office and are linked to job exchanges. Synonyms vacancy, position, job, opportunity adjectiveˈoʊp(ə)nɪŋˈōp(ə)niNG attributive Coming at the beginning of something; initial. she stole the show with her opening remark Example sentencesExamples He justified his inclusion on the British Lions tour of Australia in the summer, scoring a try in the opening test match in Adelaide which the Lions won. The fact that he was chosen at centre fort Ireland's opening match down under highlights his all-round ability. He hinted that his team could take both matches on the opening day but he said that he would not let his players be pressured by overly high hopes. More than 140 attendees observed the opening remarks, made in a spacious conference centre. The sides were evenly matched for the opening thirty minutes with the winners only having a three point lead at the interval. The opening match was a lesson that will be recorded in World Cup history; everyone has learned something. The remaining places in the main draw will be filled through the qualifying matches on the opening three days of the competition. The competition commenced on the eve of India's opening match against Holland. A number of myths are likely to have been dispelled almost as soon as Friday's opening match between France and Senegal has been completed. He may have been high and wide with the free but he knew how to find the back of the net for the opening goal of the match less than sixty seconds later. They also contested the opening match of the inaugural Asian test championship at Calcutta. Indeed, they might have won the league too but for losing their opening two matches and then going the remainder of the trip undefeated. In my opening remarks at the beginning of the hearing I drew attention to this. The opening exchanges were evenly matched but the visitor eventually made the breakthrough on 25 minutes. A giant screen would be in place to telecast India's opening match with Holland. Fans had packed pubs across the district, turning them into a sea of red and white shirts and St George's flags to watch England's opening match. Not that endless hours of blissful slumber prevented him nodding off during his team's opening match against Japan on Tuesday. The home side started brightly and they did have the visitors defence under real pressure during the opening minutes of the match. It is just reward for two years of hard work for Handley, who was disappointed to be left out of the side for Britain's opening two matches. Newbridge shared the points with North Kildare in this opening league match of the season, played at Rosetown.
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