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How to pronounce “opening”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of opening with real speech in context.
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- Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life
of non-traditional and opening up the
- Definition summary
- present participle and gerund of open
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How to pronounce opening
Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

of non-traditional and opening up the
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “opening”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of open
- [Adjective]
- Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
- (cricket) Of the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket.
- (cricket) Of the batsman who opens the innings or of a bowler who opens the attack.
- [Noun]
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- Something that is a beginning.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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