different between opening vs exit

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?.p?.n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.p?.n??/

Verb

opening

1. present participle of open

Derived terms

• eye-opening (adjective)

Noun

opening (plural openings)

1. An act or instance of making or becoming open.

   The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.

   He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.

2. Something that is open.

   A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.

   He slipped through an opening in the crowd.

3. An act or instance of beginning.

   There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.

   Their opening of the concert with Brass in Pocket always fires up the crowd.

4. Something that is a beginning.
   1. The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.

      They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.

   2. The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
   3. The first few measures of a musical composition.
   4. (chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.

      John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying endgames.

5. A vacant position, especially in an array.

   Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?

   1. A time available in a schedule.

      If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.

      The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.

   2. An unoccupied employment position.

      We have an opening in our marketing department.

6. An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
7. (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.

Synonyms

• (something that is open): hole, gap, crevice; see also Thesaurus:hole or Thesaurus:interspace
• (available time): availability, slot
• (unoccupied employment position): job opening

Coordinate terms

• (opening of an art show): vernissage

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (?puningu)

Translations

Adjective

opening (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.

   The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is, perhaps, the most recognizable in all of European art music.

   The opening act of the battle for Fort Sumter was the firing of a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, by Lt. Henry S. Farley, who acted upon the command of Capt. George S. James, which round exploded over Fort Sumter as a signal to open the general bombardment from 43 guns and mortars at Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, the floating battery, and Cummings Point.

2. (cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack

Derived terms

References

• “opening”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “opening” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “opening” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Dutch

Etymology

From openen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?p?n??/

Noun

opening f (plural openingen, diminutive openinkje n)

1. opening, gap
2. the act or process of being opened

Spanish

Noun

opening m (plural openings)

1. opening sequence; title sequence

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ks?t/, /???z?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?t/, /??ks?t/
• Rhymes: -?ks?t
• Hyphenation: ex?it

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Latin exitus (“departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”), from exe? (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Exe? is derived from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + e? (“to go”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“to go”)). The English word is cognate with Italian esito, Portuguese êxito, Spanish éxito. Doublet of ejido.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

exit (plural exits)

1. An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.

   Synonyms: egress, outgoing

   Antonyms: entrance, entry, ingoing, ingress

   1. (specifically, drama) The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
2. A way out.
   1. An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.

      Synonyms: outgang, outway

      Antonyms: entrance, entranceway, entry, (archaic, rare) entryway, ingang, ingress, portal
   2. (road transport) A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).
3. (figuratively, often euphemistic) The act of departing from life; death.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:death

Derived terms

Related terms

• exits (“income, returns, revenue”) (historical)
• issue

Translations

Verb

exit (third-person singular simple present exits, present participle exiting, simple past and past participle exited)

1. (intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

   Antonyms: arrive, come, enter, ingress

   1. (theater) To leave a scene or depart from a stage.

      Desdemona exits stage left.

2. (intransitive, often euphemistic) To depart from life; to die.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:die

3. (transitive, intransitive, computing) To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
4. (transitive, originally US, also figuratively) To depart from or leave (a place or situation).

   Antonym: enter

   1. (transitive, specifically) To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
5. (bridge, intransitive) To give up the lead.
   • 2014, D. K. Acharya, Standard Methods of Contract Bridge Complete (page 173)

     West now plays a low club to the J and Q. North exits in a trump.

Derived terms

• exiter
• exiting (noun)

Related terms

• exeunt

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin exit, the third-person singular present active indicative of exe? (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”); see further at etymology 1 above.

Verb

exit

1. (intransitive, drama, also figuratively) Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.

   Synonym: exeat

Derived terms

• exit stage left

Related terms

• exeunt

Translations

References

Further reading

• exit (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From exe? (“exit, go out”), from ? (“out”) + e? (“go”).

Verb

exit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of exe?

Related terms

• exeunt

Descendants

• ? English: exit (“used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage”)