first step initiative opening move opening | the first of a series of actions |
opening | the act of opening something, the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door |
opening | becoming open or being made open, the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for |
opening chess opening | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess, he memorized all the important chess openings |
hatchway opening scuttle | an entrance equipped with a hatch, especially a passageway between decks of a ship |
neck neck opening | an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer, a part of the garment near the wearer's neck |
opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made, they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door |
orifice opening porta | an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity, the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart |
possibility possible action opening | a possible alternative, bankruptcy is always a possibility |
opening line | the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story) |
opening | the initial part of the introduction, the opening established the basic theme |
Late Latin Biblical Latin | the form of Latin written between the rd and th centuries |
Late Greek | the Greek language in the rd to th centuries |
opening opening night curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
opening | a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise |
opening gap | an open or empty space in or between things, there was a small opening between the trees, the explosion made a gap in the wall |
late purple aster | a variety of aster |
late blight | blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans |
opening | opportunity especially for employment or promotion, there is an opening in the sales department |
late-night hour | the latter part of night |
sleep late sleep in | sleep later than usual or customary, On Sundays, I sleep in |
late(a) | having died recently, her late husband |
late | being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time, late evening, late th century, a late movie, took a late flight, had a late breakfast |
late later(a) | at or toward an end or late period or stage of development, the late phase of feudalism, a later symptom of the disease, later medical science could have saved the child |
late | of a later stage in the development of a language or literature, used especially of dead languages, Late Greek |
opening | first or beginning, the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth, the play's opening scene |
spring-flowering early-flowering spring-blooming early-blooming late-spring-blooming | of plants that bloom during the spring |
autumn-flowering autumn-blooming fall-flowering fall-blooming late-flowering late-blooming | of plants that bloom during the autumn |
late-ripening | of plants that ripen in the fall |
former(a) late(a) previous(a) | (used especially of persons) of the immediate past, the former president, our late President is still very active, the previous occupant of the White House |
late(a) recent | of the immediate past or just previous to the present time, a late development, their late quarrel, his recent trip to Africa, in recent months, a recent issue of the journal |
belated late tardy | after the expected or usual time, delayed, a belated birthday card, I'm late for the plane, the train is late, tardy children are sent to the principal, always tardy in making dental appointments |
late belatedly tardily | later than usual or than expected, the train arrived late, we awoke late, the children came late to school, notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline, I belatedly wished her a happy birthday |
recently late lately of late latterly | in the recent past, he was in Paris recently, lately the rules have been enforced, as late as yesterday she was fine, feeling better of late, the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also |
deep late | to an advanced time, deep into the night, talked late into the evening |
late | at an advanced age or stage, she married late, undertook the project late in her career |