opening
US: /ˈoʊpənɪŋ/
UK: /ˈəʊpənɪŋ/
UK: /ˈəʊpənɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
opening /'oupniɳ/
- danh từ
- khe hở, lỗ
- sự mở, sự bắt đầu, sự khai mạc; phần đầu
- những nước đi đầu (đánh cờ)
- cơ hội, dịp tốt, hoàn cảnh thuận lợi
- việc chưa có người làm, chức vị chưa có người giao, chân khuyết
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) chỗ rừng thưa
- (điện học); (rađiô) sự cắt mạch
- tính từ
- bắt đầu, mở đầu, khai mạc
- opening ceremony: lễ khai mạc
- opening speech: bài diễn văn khai mạc
- the opening day of the exhibition: ngày khai mạc cuộc triển lãm
- bắt đầu, mở đầu, khai mạc
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective
+ noun
1 [C] a space or hole that sb/sth can pass through: We could see the stars through an opening in the roof.
2 [C, usually sing.] the beginning or first part of sth: The movie has an exciting opening.
Antonym: ENDING
3 [C, usually sing.] a ceremony to celebrate the start of a public event or the first time a new building, road, etc. is used: the opening of the Olympic Games + the official opening of the new hospital
4 [C, U] the act or process of making sth open or of becoming open: the opening of a flower + the opening of the new play + Late opening of supermarkets is common in Britain now.
Antonym: CLOSING
5 [C] a job that is available: There are several openings in the sales department.
6 [C] a good opportunity for sb: Winning the competition was the opening she needed for her career.
7 [C] part of a piece of clothing that is made to open and close so that it can be put on easily: The skirt has a side opening.
+ adjective [only before noun] first; beginning: his opening remarks + the opening chapter of the book
Antonym: CLOSING
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 break, breach, rent, rift, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, cranny, chink, pit, gap, split, slit, slot, aperture, hole, orifice, separation:
Flowers grew from openings in the wall.
2 opportunity, chance, occasion, toe-hold, foothold, Colloq break, toe or foot in the door, Brit look-in:
I was waiting for an appropriate opening to make my presentation.
3 job, position, opportunity, vacancy:
Is there likely to be an opening in the art department of your company?
4 beginning, commencement, start, birth, origin, outset, onset, inauguration, launch, send-off, initiation, presentation, debut; vernissage, US start-off, start-up:
The opening of the autumn social season was marked by Malcolm's birthday party. Aren't you going to the opening at the museum tonight?
Collocation dictionary
1 beginning
ADJ.
successful | chess, conversational
OPENING + NOUN
day, night | lines, pages | gambit
PREP.
~ to
the famous opening to the novel
2 hole; way in/out
ADJ.
large, wide | narrow, small | window
VERB + OPENING
cut | block, seal
PREP.
~ in
to cut an opening in the fence
3 opportunity; job which is available
ADJ.
new | possible | clear (used in the context of sport and games)
He missed one of the clearest openings in the game.
| career, political
VERB + OPENING
create
Cooper created the opening for Russell to shoot the first goal.
| give sb | miss
PREP.
~ for, ~ in
career openings for biologists in the Ministry of Health
4 ceremony
ADJ.
grand | formal | official, royal, state
the state opening of Parliament
VERB + OPENING
attend
OPENING + NOUN
ceremony
Concise English dictionary
openings'əʊpənɪŋ
noun
+an open or empty space in or between things
+a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
+becoming open or being made open
+the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
+the act of opening something
+opportunity especially for employment or promotion
+the initial part of the introduction
+a possible alternative
+an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
+a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
+an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
+a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
+the first of a series of actions
adj.
+first or beginning
opens|opened|opening'əʊpən
noun
+a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
+where the air is unconfined
+a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
+information that has become public
verb
+cause to open or to become open
+start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
+become open
+begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
+spread out or open from a closed or folded state
+make available
+become available
+have an opening or passage or outlet
+make the opening move
+afford access to
+display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
adj.
+affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
+affording free passage or access
+with no protection or shield
+open to or in view of all
+used of mouth or eyes
+not having been filled
+accessible to all
+not defended or capable of being defended
+(of textures) full of small openings or gaps
+having no protecting cover or enclosure
+(set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
+not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
+not sealed or having been unsealed
+without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
+ready or willing to receive favorably
+open and observable; not secret or hidden
+not requiring union membership
+possibly accepting or permitting
+affording free passage or view
+openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
+ready for business
