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Definition of Opening

Opening

  1. of Open
  2. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
  3. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.
  4. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business.
  5. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings.

Opening Quotations

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
Walt Disney

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.
Winston Churchill

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
Ronald Reagan

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.
Ronald Reagan

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.
Henry David Thoreau
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Opening Translations

opening in Dutch is mond, opening, gat
opening in Italian is accensione
opening in Latin is foramen, foris, os
opening in Portuguese is abertura
opening in Spanish is abertura

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