Opening | Mean of opening in English Dictionary

/ˈoʊpənɪŋ/

• Noun
• a hole or empty space that you can go through
1. the opening of a cave
2. They squeezed through a narrow opening between the fence and an oak tree.
3. The enemy's troops poured through an opening in our defenses.
• the first part of something
1. We missed the opening of her speech.
2. He injured himself two weeks after the opening of the season.
3. the opening of the school year
4. The story has a clever opening.
• the first time that something happens
1. We attended the opening [=the first performance] of the play.
2. We went to the play's opening.

• an event that is held in order to announce that something (such as a new store or public building) is ready to accept customers or visitors
1. Come help us celebrate the official opening of the library.
2. the opening of a new art exhibit
• a job or position that is available
1. We do have an opening for someone with your qualifications and experience.
2. We don't currently have any openings.
3. a job opening
• a chance or opportunity to do or say something
1. She was waiting for an opening to tell her story.
2. I saw an opening and went for it.
• the act of causing something to open or of becoming open
1. It has been 10 years since the opening of the café.
2. the opening of a bank account
3. the opening of the area for mining
4. the opening of diplomatic relations between the two countries
5. the opening (up) of the land to settlers
• first or beginning
1. It's the opening day of the fishing season.
2. the opening lines of the poem
3. the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games
4. In her opening statement, she told the jury that her client was not guilty.