opening
Meanings
verb
- present participle and gerund of open
adj
- Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
- Of the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket.
- Of the batsman who opens the innings or of a bowler who opens the attack.
noun
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- Something that is a beginning.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- The first few moves in a game.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- A time available in a schedule.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
name
- Synonym of Fatiha.
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Etymology
From Middle English openynge, openande, openand, from Old English openiende, from Proto-West Germanic *opanōndī, from Proto-Germanic *upanōndz, present participle of *upanōną (“to open”), equivalent to open + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian iepenjend, Dutch openend, German öffnend, Swedish öppnande, Icelandic opnandi.
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