Opening

//ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋ//

Synonyms for "opening" (355 found)

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Strong matches (107)

Adjective(1 words)
initial

Related words (177)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

8 entries

coordinate

1 entries

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form of

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has context

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is a

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part of

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related to

14 entries

similar

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Translations

206 translations across 47 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • ἀνάπτυξις noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • ἄνοιξις noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • ὀπή noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Armenian

3 entries
  • անցք noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • բացում noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • բացվածք noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • dishcljidzãturã noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • açılış noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • açılış noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ваканция noun (vacant position, in an array)
  • дебют noun (first few moves in a game)
  • започване noun (act or instance of beginning)
  • начало noun (act or instance of beginning)

Campidanese Sardinian

2 entries
  • calànca noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • obertura noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Catalan

2 entries
  • obertura noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • obertura noun (first few moves in a game)

Czech

2 entries
  • otevření noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • otvor noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Dutch

3 entries
  • opening noun (first few moves in a game)
  • première noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)
  • vacature noun (unoccupied employment position)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • аҥ noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • malfermaĵo noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • premiero noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alku noun (beginning)
  • alku noun (first few bars of a musical composition)
  • aloitus noun (act or instance of beginning)
  • aukko noun (a gap permitting passage through)

French

4 entries
  • ouverture noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • ouverture noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • ouverture noun (first few moves in a game)
  • première noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)

Gallurese

1 entries
  • abbaltura noun (a gap permitting passage through)

German

4 entries
  • Eröffnung noun (first few moves in a game)
  • Eröffnungsvorstellung noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)
  • freie Stelle noun (unoccupied employment position)
  • offene Stelle noun (unoccupied employment position)

Greek

2 entries
  • άνοιγμα noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • ευκαιρία noun (opportunity)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אוברטורה noun (first few bars of a musical composition)
  • הזדמנות noun (opportunity)
  • התחלה noun (beginning)
  • פתיחה noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • (elérhető) idősáv noun (time available in a schedule)
  • alkalom noun (opportunity)
  • avató noun (act or instance of beginning)
  • bemutató noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • byrjun noun (first few moves in a game)

Ido

1 entries
  • aperto noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Irish

1 entries
  • oscailt noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)

Italian

3 entries
  • apertura noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • apertura noun (beginning)
  • sigla noun (first few bars of a musical composition)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 隙間 noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ойынбасы noun (first few moves in a game)

Latin

2 entries
  • apertūra noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • forāmen noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Erëffnung noun (first few moves in a game)
  • Ëffnung noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Māori

4 entries
  • angotanga noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • pūaha noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • whakapuaretanga noun (act or instance of beginning)
  • whakatuwheratanga noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • vebûn noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • vekirin noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • begynnelse noun (act or instance of beginning)
  • begynnelse noun (beginning)
  • debut noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)
  • innledning noun (first few bars of a musical composition)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • доупина noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Old English

1 entries
  • þȳrel noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • آرا noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • آرالق noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Polish

2 entries
  • otwarcie noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • otwarcie noun (act or instance of beginning)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abertura noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • abertura noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • abertura noun (act or instance of beginning)
  • abertura noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)

Quechua

1 entries
  • kicha noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Romanian

4 entries
  • apertură noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • deschidere noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • deschidere noun (act or instance of beginning)
  • deschidere noun (first few moves in a game)

Russian

4 entries
  • вака́нсия noun (unoccupied employment position)
  • дебю́т noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)
  • дебю́т noun (first few moves in a game)
  • нача́ло noun (beginning)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • abberidura noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • calànca noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Sassarese

1 entries
  • abirtura noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • beul noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • toll noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • otvaranje noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)

Slovene

1 entries
  • otvoritev noun (act or instance of beginning)

Spanish

4 entries
  • abriente adj (Translations)
  • de abertura adj (Translations)
  • de apertura adj (Translations)
  • inaugural adj (Translations)

Swedish

4 entries
  • premiär noun (first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe)
  • spelöppning noun (first few moves in a game)
  • öppning noun (a gap permitting passage through)
  • öppning noun (first few moves in a game)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • lyauto noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • відкриття́ noun (act or instance of making or becoming open)
  • о́твір noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Zulu

1 entries
  • isikhala noun (a gap permitting passage through)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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I am counting on you to deliver the opening address.

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Would you mind opening the window?

Source: tatoeba (19165)

Grand opening sale.

Source: tatoeba (22045)

The opening ceremony took place on schedule.

Source: tatoeba (22051)

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