opening
noun (BEGINNING) /ˈəʊ.pən.ɪŋ/
/ˈoʊp.nɪŋ/ Definition
B2 [C usually singular] the beginning of something: The opening of the novel is amazing.Beginnings and starts › [C] the beginning of a game of chess: If you want to get anywhere in chess, you have to study the various openings.Chess
(Definition of opening noun (BEGINNING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a baptism of/by fire idiom
- a clean sheet/slate idiom
- advent noun
- beginning noun
- commencement noun
- inception noun
- initiation noun (START)
- institution noun (START)
- introduction noun (PUT INTO USE)
- jumping-off point noun
- kick-off noun
- onset noun
- salvo noun
- seed noun (BEGINNING)
- start noun (BEGINNING)
- starting time noun
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