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▸ adjective:  Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
▸ adjective:  (cricket) Of the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket.
▸ adjective:  (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.
▸ noun:  A gap permitting passage through.
▸ noun:  An act or instance of beginning.
▸ noun:  Something that is a beginning.
▸ noun:  The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
▸ noun:  The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
▸ noun:  The first few measures of a musical composition.
▸ noun:  The first few moves in a game.
▸ noun:  A vacant position, especially in an array.
▸ noun:  A time available in a schedule.
▸ noun:  An unoccupied employment position.
▸ noun:  An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
▸ noun:  (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.

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