open + -ing

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1. an aperture or gap, especially one allowing access:

(光･物などの)出入口, 通気口, 開口部, 穴, 割れ目; (服の)スリット

e.g. she peered through one of the smaller openings.

2. a beginning; an initial part:

〖通例単数形で〗【小説などの】冒頭部分, 出だし, 【学校などの】始まり, 学期始め «of»

e.g. Maya started tapping out the opening of her story.

the occasion of a play, exhibition, public building, etc. being declared open or ready for use, marked by a celebratory gathering or ceremony.

〖通例単数形で〗開業, 開通, 開店, こけら落とし

Chess a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game.

序盤; 冒頭陳述; 寄り付き 〘チェス〙 〘法〙 〘株式〙

an attorney's preliminary statement of a case in a court of law.

US an open piece of ground in a wooded area; a clearing:

｟米｠ (森林の中の)空き地.

e.g. I reached an opening in the forest.

3. an opportunity to achieve something:

«…のための/…する» きっかけ, チャンス, 好機 «for/to do»

e.g. they seem to have exploited fully the openings offered.

an available job or position:

«…での/…に対する» 就職口, 欠員, 空き «at, in/for»

e.g. an opening for a professional engineer in the public works department.

coming at the beginning of something; initial:

〖名詞の前で〗最初の, 冒頭の, 1番目の(first)

e.g. she stole the show with her opening remark.