Dictionary Entry
opening
opening is a 7-letter English word with 19 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Open. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Open
- 2noun
The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
- 3noun
A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.
- 4noun
Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business.
- 5noun
A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings.
- 6noun
the first of a series of actions
Synonyms
- 7noun
the act of opening something
"the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"
- 8noun
becoming open or being made open
"the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"
- 9noun
a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
"he memorized all the important chess openings"
- 10noun
an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- 11noun
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
"they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
- 12noun
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
"the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"
- 13noun
a possible alternative
"bankruptcy is always a possibility"
Synonyms
- 14noun
the initial part of the introduction
"the opening established the basic theme"
- 15noun
the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
"the opening received good critical reviews"
- 16noun
a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
- 17noun
an open or empty space in or between things
"there was a small opening between the trees"
"the explosion made a gap in the wall"
Synonyms
- 18noun
opportunity especially for employment or promotion
"there is an opening in the sales department"
- 19adjective
first or beginning
"the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"
"the play's opening scene"
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