Definitions for opening

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opening o·pen·ing

Spelling: [oh-puh-ning]

IPA: /ˈoʊ pə nɪŋ/

Opening is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in opening (eginnop).

Definitions for opening

noun

1. an act or instance of making or becoming open.
2. the act of a person or thing that opens.
3. an unobstructed or unoccupied space or place.
4. a void in solid matter; a gap, hole, or aperture.
5. a tract of land thinly wooded as compared with adjoining forest tracts.
6. the act of beginning; start; commencement:
7. the first part or initial stage of anything.
8. an employment vacancy; an unfilled position or job:
9. an opportunity; chance.
10. a formal or official beginning, as of a sport season or a season's sale of goods:
11. the first performance of a theatrical production.
12. the first public showing or use of something:
13. a celebration of the first public showing or performance or of the first use or start of something:
14. Law. the statement of the case made by counsel to the court or jury preliminary to adducing evidence.
15. a mode of beginning a game:
16. an open or clear space.
17. the open air.
18. the open water, as of the sea.
19. an opening or aperture.
20. an opening or opportunity.
21. a contest or tournament in which both amateurs and professionals may compete, especially in golf and tennis.
22. the open. the unenclosed or unobstructed country. the outdoors: the condition of being unconcealed, recognized, or publicly known:

adjective

1. not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate:
2. (of a door, gate, window sash, or the like) set so as to permit passage through the opening it can be used to close.
3. having no means of closing or barring:
4. having the interior immediately accessible, as a box with the lid raised or a drawer that is pulled out.
5. relatively free of obstructions to sight, movement, or internal arrangement:
6. constructed so as to be without cover or enclosure on the top or on some or all sides:
7. having relatively large or numerous spaces, voids, or intervals:
8. perforated or porous:
9. relatively unoccupied by buildings, fences, trees, etc.:
10. not covered or closed; with certain parts apart:
11. without a covering, especially a protective covering; unprotected; unenclosed; exposed:
12. extended or unfolded:
13. without restrictions as to who may participate:
14. accessible or available to follow:
15. not taken or filled; not preempted; available; vacant:
16. ready for or carrying on normal trade or business:
17. not engaged or committed:
18. accessible, as to appeals, ideas, or offers:
19. exposed to general view or knowledge; existing, carried on, etc., without concealment:
20. acting publicly or without concealment, as a person.
21. unreserved, candid, or frank, as persons or their speech, aspect, etc.:
22. generous, liberal, or bounteous:
23. liable or subject:
24. undecided; unsettled:
25. without effective or enforced legal, commercial, or moral regulations:
26. unguarded by an opponent:
27. noting the part of the sea beyond headlands or enclosing areas of land:
28. free of ice, as a body of water or a seaport.
29. free of navigational hazards:
30. (of a seaport) available for foreign trade; not closed by government regulations or by considerations of health.
31. (of a microphone) in operation; live.
32. (of a delimiting punctuation mark) occurring at the beginning of a group of words or characters that is set off, as from surrounding text: Compare close (def 51).
33. not yet balanced or adjusted, as an account.
34. not constipated, as the bowels.
35. Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue or with a relatively large oral aperture, as the vowel sound of cot compared with that in caught. (of a syllable) ending with a vowel. (of a consonant) continuant (opposed to stop).
36. Linguistics. (of a class of items) readily admitting new members, as the class of nouns, verbs, or adjectives (opposed to closed).
37. Printing. (of type) in outline form. widely spaced or leaded, as printed matter.
38. Music. (of an organ pipe) not closed at the far end. (of a string) not stopped by a finger. (of a note) produced by such a pipe or string or, on a wind instrument, without the aid of a slide, key, etc.
39. Mathematics. (of an interval) containing neither endpoint. (of a set) consisting of points having neighborhoods wholly contained in the set, as the set of points within a circle. (of a map from one topological space to another) having the property that the image of an open set is an open set.
40. free from frost; mild or moderate:
41. Animal Husbandry. (of a female animal) not pregnant.
42. Textiles. (of a fabric or weave) so loosely woven that spaces are visible between warp and filling yarns.

Verb phrases

1. open up, to become or make open. to expand, especially before the eye: to achieve the initial development of: Slang. to increase speed or the speed of (a vehicle).

verb (used with object)

1. to move (a door, window sash, etc.) from a shut or closed position so as to admit of passage.
2. to render (a doorway, gateway, window, etc.) unobstructed by moving a door, window sash, etc., away from it.
3. to render the interior of (a box, drawer, etc.) readily accessible.
4. to clear (a passage, channel, etc.) of obstructions.
5. to clear (areas or passages in the body).
6. to give access to; make accessible or available, as for use:
7. to establish for business purposes or for public use:
8. to set in action, begin, start, or commence (sometimes followed by up):
9. to uncover, lay bare, or expose to view.
10. to expand, unfold, or spread out:
11. to make less compact, less closely spaced, or the like:
12. to disclose, reveal, or divulge.
13. to render accessible to knowledge, enlightenment, sympathy, etc.:
14. to cut, blast, or break into:
15. to make or produce (an opening) by cutting or breaking, or by pushing aside or removing obstructions:
16. to make an incision or opening in:
17. Law. to recall or revoke (a judgment, decree, etc.) for the purpose of allowing further contest or delay. to make the first statement of (a case) to the court or jury.
18. Cards. to begin a hand by making (the first bid), placing (the first bet), or playing (a given card or suit) as the lead.
19. Nautical. to sail (a course) so that the apparent location of a distant fixed object changes with relation to a nearer fixed object (sometimes followed by out).

verb (used without object)

1. to become open, as a door, building, box, or enclosure.
2. to afford access:
3. to have an opening, passage, or outlet:
4. (of a building, theater, etc.) to open its doors to the public:
5. to begin a session or term, as a school.
6. to begin a season, series of performances, or tour, as a theatrical company:
7. to begin, start, or commence an activity:
8. to part, or seem to part, so as to allow or reveal a passage:
9. to become disclosed or revealed.
10. to come into view; become more visible or plain.
11. to become receptive to knowledge, sympathy, etc., as the mind.
12. to disclose or reveal one's knowledge, thoughts, feelings, etc.
13. to unfold or expand, as a blossom, so as to reveal the interior.
14. to spread out or expand, as the hand or a fan.
15. to spread apart or separate, as pages of a book, newspaper, etc.:
16. to spread or come apart; burst:
17. to become less compact, less closely spaced, or the like:
18. Cards. to make the first bet, bid, or lead in beginning a hand.
19. Hunting. (of hounds) to begin to bark, as on the scent of game.

Origin of opening

Middle English word dating back to 1125-75; See origin at open, -ing¹

Examples for opening

Here's copper just closed at 93, after opening strong this morning at 105.

What opening for extrication, unless, indeed, Emilia should die?

Tulips are opening their variegated cups, and daffodils line the walls.

They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.

The opening of the battle narrative begins on—get this—page 266!

Although a hit in Britain, the movie flopped after opening at Radio City in New York.

The ancient Egyptian festival of Wepet Renpet (“opening of the year”) was not just a time of rebirth—it was dedicated to drinking.

It was strewn with pink buds; some just opening into beauty, some half-blown.

She started suddenly awake, seeming to have been roused by the opening of a door.

Rather than downing a handful of pills, I planned to take my life by opening a vein in each wrist.