| an act or instance of making or becoming open |
| an act or instance of beginning commencement |
| a formal and usually public event by which something new is put officially into operation |
| something that is open such as |
| breach, aperture |
| an open width span |
| an area without trees or with scattered usually mature trees that occurs as a break in a forest |
| two pages that face one another in a book |
| something that constitutes a beginning such as |
| a usually planned series of moves made at the beginning of a game of chess or checkers compare endgame, middle game |
| a first performance |
| occasion, chance |
| an opportunity for employment |
| an act or instance of making or becoming open |
| something that is open as |
| breach entry 1 sense 2b |
| an open place |
| beginning sense 2 |
| occasion entry 1 sense 1, chance |
| a job opportunity |
| an act or instance of making or becoming open |
| something (as an anatomical aperture) that is open or opens |
