the act of entering | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess |
the act of beginning something new | the act of opening something |
something that provides access (to get in or get out) | becoming open or being made open |
something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) | the first of a series of actions |
an item inserted in a written record | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made |
a written record of a commercial transaction | an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship |
| an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity |
| a possible alternative |
| the initial part of the introduction |
| the first performance (as of a theatrical production) |
| a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise |
| an open or empty space in or between things |
| opportunity especially for employment or promotion |