different between opening vs spacing

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

Verb

spacing

1. present participle of space

Noun

spacing (countable and uncountable, plural spacings)

1. The action of the verb space.
2. A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.

   The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.

3. The space between two objects or people.

   Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.

4. (science fiction) The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• letterspacing

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

spacing (not comparable)

1. That inserts space between two objects.

Derived terms

Related terms

• long-spacing sonic log

Anagrams

• pacings, scaping