Operatta

Definition

opening /'ǝƱpnÇŋ / n ၁။ [C] အေပါက္။ အဟ။ အၾကား။ an opening in a hedge/ fence ❍ an opening in the clouds. ၂။ [C esp sing ] အစ။ အဖြင့္။ the opening of a book/ speech/ film. ၃။ [sing] ပြင့္ျခင္း။ အဖြင့္။ watch the opening of a flower ❍ the long awaited opening of the new library. ၄။ [C] ဖြင့္ပြဲအခမ္းအနား။ Many attended the opening of the new sports centre. ၅။ [C] (က) အခြင့္အလမ္း။ There are few openings in publishing for new graduates. (ခ) အခြင့္အလမ္း။ excellent openings for trade ❍ The last speaker gave me the opening I was waiting for. adj ပထမ။ အစ။ အဖြင့္။ his opening remarks ❍ the opening chapter of a book. ❏ opening hours n [pl] အလုပ္ခ်ိန္။ Opening hours are 11am to 7pm today. ❏ opening night n (usu sing ) ႐ံုတင္ေသာည။ The president attended the opening night of the opera. ❏ opening-time n [U] ( Brit ) ဘံုဆိုင္ တရားဝင္ ဖြင့္ခ်ိန္။

Examples

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