opening Meaning and Definition

1. a. first or beginning

2. n. the first of a series of actions

3. n. the act of opening something

4. n. becoming open or being made open

5. n. a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

6. n. an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

7. n. a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

8. n. an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

9. n. a possible alternative

10. n. the initial part of the introduction

11. n. the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

12. n. a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

13. n. an open or empty space in or between things

14. n. opportunity especially for employment or promotion