opening night
noun [C usually singular]Definition
› the first night that a play, film, etc. is performed or shown: The ballet's opening night was a huge success.Spectacles and performancesTheatre - general words
(Definition of opening night noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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- dramatic adjective (THEATRE)
- dramatically adverb (THEATRE)
- dramatize verb (THEATRE)
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- knockabout adjective
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