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Opening
Opening O"pen*ing, n.
1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement;
first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
The opening of your glory was like that of light.
--Dryden.
2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap;
cleft, or hole.
We saw him at the opening of his tent. --Shak.
3. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for
business. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
4. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst
of a forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] --Cooper.
Meaning of OPENING from wikipedia
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Waldron Backgammon opening Chess opening A
title sequence or
opening credits Opening bid, a term from
contract bridge Opening lead, a term from contract...
- An
opening ceremony,
grand opening, or ribbon-cutting
ceremony marks the
official opening of a
newly constructed location or the
start of an event. Opening...
- The
Sokolsky Opening, also
known as the
Orangutan and the
Polish Opening, is an
uncommon chess opening that
begins with the move: 1. b4
According to various...
- Many
opening sequences,
known as
openings, have
standard names such as "Sicilian Defense". The
Oxford Companion to
Chess lists 1,327
named openings and...
- The Amar
Opening (also
known as the
Paris Opening, or the
Drunken Knight Opening) is a
chess opening defined by the move: 1. Nh3
Analogous to calling...
- The Despréz
Opening, also
called the
Kadas Opening is a
chess opening characterised by the
opening move: 1.h4 The
opening is
named after the
French player...
- An
opening act, also
known as a warm-up act,
support act,
supporting act or opener, is an
entertainment act (musical, comedic, or otherwise), that performs...
-
called the
Heinrichsen Opening,
Baltic Opening, Van Geet
Opening,
Sleipnir Opening, Kotrč's
Opening, Meštrović
Opening,
Romanian Opening, Queen's
Knight Attack...
-
Opening (or the
Dutch Attack) is a
chess opening characterised by the move: 1. f4
Named after 19th
century English player Henry Bird, Bird's
opening is...
- The
opening sentence or
opening line
stands at the
beginning of a
written work. The
opening line is part or all of the
opening sentence that may start...
