OPENING

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Traducere în limba română

opening I. substantiv

1. deschizătură; gaură, bortă; deschidere.

2. început; preludiu.

3. deschidere (a unei conferinţe etc.); vernisaj (al unei expoziţii).

4. conjunctură favorabilă; ocazie; posibilitate.

5. post vacant, vacanţă.

6. (jur.) expunere preliminară a cazului de către apărare.

7. (amer.) expoziţie de mode (într-un magazin universal).

8. (şah) deschidere, primele mişcări.

9. (amer.) luminiş; rarişte.

10. trecătoare, pas, chei (în munţi).

11. canal; strâmtoare.

12. (tehn.) interspaţiu; spaţiu liber.

13. (mine) galerie de abataj; breşă, străpungere.

opening II. adjectiv

de început, primul; de deschidere.

The door opening immediately into it, I found myself among them before I considered whither I was going.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Surely it could only be the opening of a cave.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The circle of flame and coals was breaking into segments with openings in between.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Alternatively, you might be opening your own business, and if so, it would be a good time to do so.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Instead of opening the door ourselves, we allowed the girl to do so.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes, but I do not think that it is such a very unusual thing to have a small opening between two rooms.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One of the two channels of the nose, from the point where they divide to the external opening.

(Nostril, NCI Thesaurus)

"Besides, I am older than you," she remarked suddenly, opening her eyes and looking up at him, "three years older."

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

"You did not think of opening your door and looking out into the gallery?" she further asked.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Surgical creation of an opening in an organ.

(Ostomy, NCI Thesaurus)