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opening

/ˈəʊp(ə)nɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈəʊp(ə)nɪŋ/

opening

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

o - pe - ning -> opening

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပွင့်နေသည့် နေရာ။ စတင်ခြင်း။ (v[ing]) ဖွင့်နေ

Full entry

opening /'ǝƱpnÇŋ / n

၁။ [C] အပေါက်။ အဟ။ အကြား။ an opening in a hedge/ fence ❍ an opening in the clouds.
၂။ [C esp sing ] အစ။ အဖွင့်။ the opening of a book/ speech/ film.
၃။ [sing] ပွင့်ခြင်း။ အဖွင့်။ watch the opening of a flower ❍ the long awaited opening of the new library.
၄။ [C] ဖွင့်ပွဲအခမ်းအနား။ Many attended the opening of the new sports centre.
၅။ [C] (က) အခွင့်အလမ်း။ There are few openings in publishing for new graduates.
(ခ) အခွင့်အလမ်း။ excellent openings for trade ❍ The last speaker gave me the opening I was waiting for.
adj ပထမ။ အစ။ အဖွင့်။ his opening remarks ❍ the opening chapter of a book.
❏ opening hours n [pl] အလုပ်ချိန်။ Opening hours are 11am to 7pm today.
❏ opening night n (usu sing ) ရုံတင်သောည။ The president attended the opening night of the opera.
❏ opening-time n [U] (Brit ) ဘုံဆိုင် တရားဝင် ဖွင့်ချိန်။

More examples

[grand opening] : Lots of stars were invited to the Gallery’s grand opening.
[opening of] : The opening of a new section of ring-road
Alison squeezed through a narrow opening in the hedge.
The doctors had to make an opening in her windpipe.
[opening for] : His comments created an opening for efforts to resolve the crisis.
We have several openings in the sales division.
He appears briefly at the opening of the film.
Staff at the supermarket campaigned against Sunday opening.
[opening of] : The opening of the new store will lead to an increase in traffic.

Synonyms

gap, breach, aperture, hole, notch, cavity, availability, beginning, big break, birth, break, chance, chink, cleft, coming out, commencement, connection, crack, cranny, crevice, curtain-raiser, cut, dawn, discontinuity, door, first, fissure, fling, foundational, germinal, go, go-at, hatch, in the running, inaugural, inauguration, inception, initial, initiation, interstice, intro, introduction, introductory, iron in the fire, kickoff, launch, launching, lead-in, look-in, lucky break, maiden, mouth, occasion, onset, opener, opportunity, orifice, original, outlet, outset, overture, perforation, place, possibility, preamble, primary, prolog, recess, rent, rift, run, rupture, scope, scuttle, shot, show, slit, slot, space, split, spout, squeak, start, tear, time, vacancy, vent, whack, window

Antonyms

aftermost, agreement, at the end, chips down, closing, closure, completion, concluding, conclusion, continuation, end, ending, endwise, extreme, far off, final, final curtain, finish, juncture, last, last-mentioned, last-minute, latter, max, maxi, misfortune, on way out, once for all, pre-eminent, solid, stop, terminal, the most, ultimate, unanswerable, unappealable, unequalable, unmatchable, valedictory

Cross references

gap breach aperture hole notch cavity availability beginning big break birth break chance chink cleft coming out commencement connection crack cranny crevice curtain-raiser cut dawn discontinuity door first fissure fling

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