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noun beginning ADJ. successful | chess, conversational OPENING + NOUN day, night | lines, pages | gambit PREP. ~ to the famous opening to the novel hole; way in/out ADJ. large, wide | narrow, small | window VERB + OPENING cut | block, seal PREP. ~ in to cut an opening in the fence opportunity; job which is available ADJ. new | possible | clear (used in the context of sport and games) He missed one of the clearest openings in the game. | career, political VERB + OPENING create Cooper created the opening for Russell to shoot the first goal. | give sb | miss PREP. ~ for, ~ in career openings for biologists in the Ministry of Health ceremony ADJ. grand | formal | official, royal, state the state opening of Parliament VERB + OPENING attend OPENING + NOUN ceremony
Oxford Collocations Dictionary